Tourism on Maui has passed the point where it is serving residents, and is now negatively affecting our quality of life. While visitor arrivals have been breaking records lately, local resident sentiment about the visitor industry has fallen to an all-time low. This is a problem that is continuing to grow, and the first step […]
Maui’s Visitor Industry Can Fund Affordable Housing for Residents
by Michael Williams, Maui Tomorrow Foundation President, and Albert Perez, Maui Tomorrow Foundation Executive Director For generations, Maui has been a beautiful, but expensive place to live, especially if you have keiki. Although many parents have decided to make sacrifices so that their children can grow up here, overtourism and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have […]
Regenerative Tourism: Beyond Maintenance!
By Dr. Genesis Young As a physician I always followed the Hippocratic oath to do no harm; sustainable tourism and anything sustainable should at the very least do no harm. However, our reefs are dying and we are losing our sea life. The Hawaiian culture continues to be threatened, and is treated as a […]
Maui Tomorrow Encourages Community Support of the Visitor Accommodations Moratorium
[Updated 6/18/21] Tourism on Maui has passed the point where it is serving residents, and is now negatively affecting our quality of life. While visitor arrivals have been breaking records lately, local resident sentiment about the visitor industry has fallen to an all-time low. This is a problem that is continuing to grow, and the […]
Hotel Wailuku: Two Opportunities To Stop It
UPDATE 1/26/2021 Good news! Maui Planning Commission recommended approval of the ordinance, and will forward itʻs recommendation to the Maui County Council. We will let you know when that comes up. Also, mahalo for all of the GoFundMe contributions so far. We have raised $865 toward our goal of $5,000 to help offset our legal […]