Tourism

Keith Vieira of the tourism consulting firm KV & Associates spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the government shutdown impacting Hawaiʻi's tourism industry.

How might the broad flight cancellations affect Hawaiʻi's economy?; Kauaʻi County Councilmember Fern Holland provides details on recent FBI and ICE raids on Kauaʻi

A controversial gondola project on Oʻahu's North Shore has been facing community pushback for years. But as HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports, it's one of the few projects in Hawaiʻi that has people unified.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation has requested a full waiver from the air traffic reduction at all Hawaiʻi airports. If it’s granted, the state says it will pay for the essential staff needed to maintain full flight schedules.

Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s Chief Administrative Officer David Uchiyama spoke to The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the potential cuts to flights at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport is on a list of 40 airports that have been ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration to cut 10 percent of their flights; The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is immortalized in the documentary "Defining Courage"

Staff and volunteers at The Pantry in Kalihi create more food assistance options for furloughed federal workers; Kauaʻi writer Jonathon Medieros shares the intention behind his poem "To the People on the Cruise Ships"

Gordon Zane of the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about vacation rentals not in compliance with the transient accommodations tax.

Gordon Zane with the Hawaiʻi Department of Taxation discusses vacation rental regulations; Kimberlee Bassford talks about the dark turn her new documentary "Before the Moon Falls" took when its subject, Samoan writer Sia Figiel, was arrested for murder

If you’re booking an online flight for Hawaiian Airlines, you’ll start to see some changes soon. It's all part of the airline's acquisition by Alaska Air Group.