THERE WERE MANY TOURISTS THIS JANUARY
The members of our Tourist Bureau believe that the number of tourists coming here to Hawaii this year will far surpass all the previous years; according to them, the trend can be seen early because of the number of tourists who arrived this past January.
There were 771 more tourists who came in the month of January of this year than last January.
The total number of tourists who arrived last month was 2485, and in January of the year prior was only 1814.
Venerable Charles E. King, whose Song of the Islands is among the most widely known of all Hawaiian music, pulled no punches in a talk before the Hawaiian Civic club today on modern day treatment of island songs.
“Hawaiian music,” said Mr. King, speaking at the club luncheon at the YWCA at noon, “is being murdered—and by Hawaiians.” Continue reading
An influx of visitors to the Hawaiian islands during the past few years has revived many of the interesting traditions and practices of Old Hawaii.
This paradox was recently pointed out by Percy A. Swift, manager of the merchandise department of American Factors, Ltd., in a discussion of Hawaii’s tourist industry.
“An interesting sidelight of the travel business here has been the way it has encouraged Island customs and activities,” he said. “The nourishing influence of tourist interest has given added impetus to the lei tradition, for example; and it has revived native sports such as surfing and outrigger canoe riding, which were on the point of dying out 15 years ago.” Continue reading
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