Earthquake & Tsunami hit Tourism

SUBHEAD: Shocked Hawaii tourism reps scramble as Japanese visits drop sharply.By Martin Barillas on 21 March 2011 for The Cutting Edge - (http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=51612&pageid=37&pagename=Page+One)Image above: Waikiki tourist hotels blot out the landscape. This is the epicenter for Japanese tourism to Hawaii. The area would be devastated if that tourism collapses as a

Namibia Coast National Park

SUBHEAD: Namibia has become the first country to designate its entire coastline a national park.By Mark Rowe on 12 February 2011 for the Telegraph -(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/8318338/Whole-coastline-of-Namibia-is-designated-a-national-park.html)Image above: Gate to Skeleton Coast Park. From (http://media.photobucket.com/image/namibia%20coast/Charles_Ansdell/Namibia%202010/

Another Big Ugly Thing is Here!

SUBHEAD: Koloa Landing opens Phase One of residential resort with less than 50% units sold in range between $1 - $2 million.By Juan Wilson on 16 January 2011 -Image above: Soggy lawn on a rainy day a Koloa Landing. From TGI article below.Koloa Landing Phase One is one of only a couple of massive development projects that targeted Poipu/Koloa and survived the financial crisis in 2008. At one point

Air Travel during Climate Change

SUBHEAD: In the time climate change air travel is neither just nor sustainable.By Joseph Nevins on 13 December 2010 in Yes Magazine -(http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/kicking-the-habit-air-travel-in-a-time-of-climate-change)Image above: Illustration of the SS United States, completed in 1952. It holds the trans-Atlantic ship record of crossing in less than 3.5 days. The ship is rusting away on

TSA Threatens Tourism

SUBHEAD: Even before these new security procedures were implemented potential tourists were already staying home.Image above: Empty airport baggage carousels.By Staff on 22 November 2010 for End of the American Dream - (http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/will-tsa-groping-destroy-tourism-in-the-united-states)One of the things that has not been considered in the debate over the horrific new

Dollar's Decline - Oil to Soar

SUBHEAD: What current Fed dollar actions mean for Hawaii. At $100/barrel things will be looking bad.Image above: What's the worst case scenario. The streets of Waikiki are empty. From (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xUwDRlg66O2l2AXNQW3ZCw).By Brad Parsons on 5 November 2010 -Today, the futures price of a barrel of oil rose again to above $87. As expected, it has been rising since Federal