A new report from the Government of Hawaii has highlighted grim warnings for the US state’s tourism sector, forecasting that it will take six years for visitor arrivals to recover to the level of 2019.
Based on modelling of the industry’s rebound after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the report assumes the visitor industry will start reopening in Sep, and will recover to 45% of year-on-year levels by Dec.
More alarmingly for the global cruising sector, officials predict Hawaii will not welcome any cruise visitors until the second half of 2021.
The report predicts the state’s overall economy will see a 12.1% downturn in 2020, with very slow growth for three more years.
Estimates say Hawaii will welcome just 3.4m visitors this year, down 67.5%, climbing to 6.2m in 2021, 8.3m in 2022 and 9.4m in 2023.
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