Should tourists still travel to Hawaii after the wildfires in Maui?
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Officials in Hawaii urged tourists to stay away after wildfires killed over 100 people in Maui. But as the island begins to feel the economic impacts, they’re now being encouraged to return. The tourism industry makes up a quarter of Hawaii’s economy, with more than 10 million visitors in 2019 compared to the state’s 1.4 million residents. In #Maui alone, tourists spend about $5.4 billion each year. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the island’s economy could collapse, calling the lack of visitors “potentially catastrophic.” Tourists are being told to stay out of West Maui, where many locals are still recovering from the disaster.
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So basically damned if you do and damned if you don’t go
Hawaii needs a government that cares about them.
biden prefers to waste our money on all his phony stand ins. The convenient masking is so his stand ins just have to walk like confused🪳🪳that they are
Yes, it’s obvious to the world that Hawaii state, county, and local government officials are severely lacking in knowledge, skills, and abilities to handle this crisis‼️Even with offers from nonprofits, they are slow to respond such that local folks from churches and businesses are taking care of Maui❣️
Their govt is about the rich & bringing in more rich. They want the land owned by Hawaiian natives. Hawaii is just another place whites have colonized.
The whole world does. Except finland, poland, and sweden.
Also, its their island, so let them figure it out on their own. 😂 It's getting rough these days. You come to them, they complain, you dont do anything for them, they complain. Bahaha
People should be going to Hawaii! There should be boats filled to the brim with construction equipment, contractors, civil engineers, food, water, clothing.. but instead we have Oprah and the rock asking for money during a recession they don't even feel in the slightest.
We're not in a recession...
Billionaire and millionaire asking for money from people who probably are living paycheck to paycheck when they are able to afford to help the people of Maui to rebuild on their own. You can't take all that money with you when you die.
@@Nayr747yes we are.
@@Nayr747under recession defining Brandon, no. Under the previous definition, yes..we are
I hear oprah has big big plans for her new cleared areas...
No they were telling people not to go! They were shaming people for going!
All we asked is to stay out of lahaina and let us heal.
@@tuttim7815it’s part of America get over it we can come if we want
It's disgusting that hotels are not giving shelter to people who have lost their homes. For God's sake America profit before humane care!?¿
Hey Hairy style do you have any idea how many hotels arent even American owned?
Especially when in NYC the Federal Government is paying to fill hotels with illegal immigrants who crossed the border
@labgma1553 well that's the same everywhere I guess they depend on local labour but can't help out in an emergency
You go there and house ppl
Many resorts are housing people who lost their homes, especially their own employees. I saw some have even set up rooms for home schooling and times for children activities.
As someone who lives on Maui and works in the tourism industry (session/wedding photographer), most of us are incredibly grateful for tourists visiting (and spending local, no chains if can!). We’ve always asked for those visiting to be respectful, some people treat the whole island and it’s inhabitants like it’s Disneyland or something. At the end of the day though, there’s always kind and unkind people wherever you go. Most of the tourists I’ve met over the years have been delightful. We’re all tourists at some point if you enjoy traveling. So please come visit Maui! Most of us will be grateful for the support. Please leave Lahaina alone.
I don’t know what would make you think ANYONE would want to go near Lahaina while on a vacation. Even the locals can’t get near their properties. To insinuate such is disrespectful to ALL People wanting to come to Hawai’i.
@@gailmarie4039Have you ever been on the internet? People will do ANYTHING for views. People DIE for views. The comment your replied to is actually very accurate and articulate.
@gailmarie4039 Lahaina is FULL of tourists, and has been for months., yet still military keeping residents out of the burn zone.
As someone who lives on Oahu, those tourist do not have enough money nor do they plan on spending it to rebuild your home. One or two meals at a local business while staying at the hilton or whatver tf yall have over there IS NOT a great contribution to your island’s economy. Tourism is costing yall more than it’s providing at this moment especially in each victims individual lives.
Our American companies should be lining up to go help not vacation
Majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck how bout stop sending our taxes to Ukraine and help Americans and America.
Facts inlcuding FEMA LOL
Not Just American companies!!! Hawaii is a international destination. People from all over the world visit Hawaii. Companies from all over the world profit from Hawaii. Where are the countries we hand out money to in disasters?
Why aren’t you
@@carliemorgan1871because Biden has gas at 5 dollars a gallon and nobody has any money
When Thailand was seriously effected by the tsunami they immediately asked for tourism and they bounced back quick.
Yeah and if there are no tourists, many people will be out of work and can’t pay their mortgage!!
Sounds like part of Oprah Winfrey and Jeff Bezos and Dwayne Johnson’s plan
Then they should sue all whom made and told tourist to get off island!
Are you being facetious? there are no homes for the people on Maui to pay a mortgage for. WTF?
@@annehorrigan570it’s only 1 town not the whole island😒
@@annehorrigan570Like all of Maui girl? Idk about the facts on that one 😭😂
Dude this whole thing gives me emotional whiplash.
The statement was clear from locals and Hawaii stay away. And numerous posts have absolutely shown that only the money is welcome the people are not.
There's only so much food water gas other resources for the people and they need it more then others do!
Yeah, it's not really where you want to be going to the Maui Funeral Factory. So yeah, not great time or place to have a good time....😢
@@AliciaHauri This isn’t solely a resources issue. Hawaii said stay away message received. But the sudden change of please come, spend money, then leave has not only confused people but alienated them. People in Hawaii have for decades said find another industry to take over for tourism but haven’t done squat to address that. No one is in the mood to be made to feel guilty to go on vacation. So Hawaii has a choice to make either find a new industry or learn to adapt to tourism. Hawaii cannot have it both ways.
Ya! Itsoke tourists are just used for money!! What jappened to Aloha?? Humnn.
Brainwashed liberals who still think Biden is going to come save them are the only ones thinking that way because they will only believe and regurgitate what the media says. But the ones who are waking up are also speaking up, they know Biden has abandoned them and they are asking for tourists to continue coming. But those videos are being buried in the algorithm. Their land is scorched so no natural resources. Biden is not sending anymore aid. They will be forced to leave and go where the jobs are, or stay and starve to death. Tourism is the only thing that will keep their economy running. The democrats want to buy that land, they blocked off the roads. They need them to leave and they will do so by starving them out.
It wasn’t the whole island folks. Just Lahaina which is on the west side of the island.
Thank you.
Yea most people are stupid to the real situation and just get info from a few clips and think they have all the answers smh
3 weeks ago, they didn't want tourist.
Id not be worried about bills, money etc. WHERE ARE ALL THE DEAD/MISSING PEOPLE ❓❓❓❓
My thoughts exactly!
They're dead. Not coming back. You have to live.
Unfortunately if they are not able to pay their mortgage they will los their homes. Too many are already homeless due to the fires, they need help and they need jobs rebuilding their homes and their cities.
They’re dead
Sadly most will never be found. Either jumping into water and swept away or incinerated in a fire far too hot for a "wildfire "
YOU CAN THANK JASON MOMOA FOR TELLING EVERYONE NOT TO COME
Yes, I saw that video too. Does he also own lots of land there? No ulterior motive there! 🙄
That's really funny actually. I remember awhile ago, they were making videos telling people off for coming.
Not even a while ago like a week or two ago they were saying do not come do not take our resources and so people cancel their trips and you somebody go in next month canceled everything to be respectful
Oh you remember these specific people telling you to stay away? No it's the media and celebs telling people to stay away. Every business owner on Hawaii knows how much their business relies on tourism and wouldn't ever tell you to stay out.
There REALLY is NOTHING😢 FUNNY about this.such insult to injury. God bless all the families🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
A few do not represent all.
I saw on a msm news channel.. they had a young girl asking people not to go to Maui out of respect.. I commented that the people need the tourist’s.. can still go and show support while being respectful
I specifically remember people saying “don’t come here right now “
So… you get what you asked for
💯
That was before a natural disaster, don’t be so heartless. locals in hawaii make most of their income off of tourism and need the help now more then ever
@@RockyRem No, that was after the fire
People on the tv telling the world “do not come here right now”
You’re right they depend on tourism, but tourists don’t think about that when they’re told not to come at all by locals going through a tragedy
@@Meowface.yup I seen that also.
@@RockyRemYeah, most people have to make plans. And when you told them do not come here, they made other plans, season only so long. Vacations only couple weeks for most people. So the locals a're getting screwed and some are blaming the wrong people , don't blame the tourists. Blame all people who said don't come, matter of fact, they should start class action and sue those people who said don't come! right? to get their money back from those people whom affected their livelyhood.
Perfect example of "be careful what you wish for..."
In other words "we don't want you but we want your money".
That's the case with every touristy place on earth, I swear. The locals are always on about how bad tourism is but make their entire livings off it.
Basically but nah people should leave them alone like they wanted before all this. Let them sort out theor own issues
Typical Democrat politicians- destroy the cities they run then billionaire donors by property for a few million when it's worth 10s of billion dollars. First they purposely not clear the old brush, block roads as people tried to escape and force them back in the direction of the fire, purposely shut off the water till the fire became unstoppable, openly admitting without any fear people will attack them that firefighters diverted to rich areas NOT one which burned down, purposely not using the sirens when magically just few weeks before they had a drill about a fire that will happen in which sirens were ised.
What a shitty thing to say
No, they are shutting down businesses, like covid. Restricting tourist
I’ve been to Maui and Oahu a few times and people were nice to us. But lately I’ve been seeing videos telling people not to visit and how the Hawaiians have been hostile towards tourist and it’s made me hesitant to visit again with my family.
People are nice when treated with respect. Some tourists can be rude and demanding. That may be why they like some tourists.
Seems, there are people who want the people over there to run out of business?
It is the same people that caused the deadly fire and meltdown!
Someone won't that location for themselves!
As an oahu resident maybe I can clear up some of the confusion. Its nothing personal but yes we hate tourist here but in a general aspect. Tourism does not bring good money to hawaii. It doesnt benefit our economy greatly in fact it harms our citizens more to try to keep up with housing increase while being a top destination of the world. And were talking indigenous farming families who have worked their whole lives and deserve more than a lot of us to be able to afford their home. All the money made off of tourist goes to mainland airlines, mainland hotel brands, mainland designers. The constant idea of tourism being beneficial to hawaii is propaganda perpetrated by the uninformed and uneducated.
First you criticize tourists for going over there after the fires then you need tourists to survive, make up your mind.
I think they were saying that if you had a vacation booked in the affected areas, you shouldn’t count on it being there and if you keep your flight without confirming the resort you become one more set of people to take care of. Once that all shook down, they wanted people/tourists back. Makes sense if one thinks of it sequentially rather than as either/or.
They hate America but want more than 700 bucks from America…. 🙃
@@charliehustle3685 America is the reason they aren’t their own country with their own government, it’s also the reason THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON TOURISM TO SURVIVE. You would hate America too. I doubt you’re happy with gas prices right now or how in America the richer you are the less you pay in taxes. We all have reasons to hate governments, most just care about money and power, not anything else.
@@Astronatcreates they aren’t their own country because they didn’t have the technology to win any conflict. Next time to take a plane ride thank an American and a German.
@@charliehustle3685 you’re proud of genocide?
So why aren't the hotels opening to the Hawaiian people? Why is that not happening? No money in it?
I thought the same thing but I’ve seen several videos now from Hawaii of the locals essentially begging tourists to keep coming. One lady said, “I get paid when they are here.” (meaning her paycheck) I’m just gonna keep that attitude till I hear otherwise.
Hawaii hates tourism but they can’t acknowledge the fact that that’s their life support
Tourism is destructive to homes, ecosystem and widens the gap between the wealthy and the poor. But American Imperialism has forced Hawai'i to change to make space for tourism. This sad situation shows the horrible ways in which systemic socioeconomic issues have forced people to make tough economic decisions.
Ha, because America has stolen land from the Hawaiian people. They don't want tourists there, ever.
They would be better off without tourism.
It isn’t their fault it’s that way though. It’s people like you that think it’s their right that they should have Hawaii as their own personal playground.
They always whine about "locals only bra!" , they hate being dependent on the white man's tourist dollar
So NYC can open a whole hotel to migrants, but they won't give rooms to the local residents of Maui?
YESSIREE! That’s BIDENOMICS FOR YOU! Keep voting for these criminals People of Hawai’i! I PRAY YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS ULTIMATE BETRAYAL! #TRUMP2024
We have been put up in hotels the guy in this video dies not know what he is talking about.
The locals talked so much crap about the tourist. Now they're begging for them. The irony
Shouldnt they be in a state of emergency right now? A stop on all payments should be in place at least until the end of the Fiscal year.
Honestly, how to I know who’s going to be welcoming and who may attack us. There’s some very very hostile videos coming from Hawaiians.
Yea I was suppose to go there for my 30th birthday because I didn’t feel right going to travel and vacation when so many people are suffering . Then i started seeing videos of Hawaiians saying how dare we go have fun over there but you have some saying they need the business… sooo what do we do ?😢
Have you seen Maui, for fucks sake? if course they are angry, scared, hungry, many of their children are missing. If I was a Maui resident or any of the Hawaiian islands I would be furious. Their government (our shitty government) are NOT taking care of our American citizens in a crisis, but that old coot in the WH seems to think that the war he pushed & is paying for is more important than Americans. Think about that when you're crying about how angry those Hawaiians seem in their 20 second videos. smh
Rightfully so
@@micheleprice5317there’s nothing rightfully so
@@carliemorgan1871 why because the residents should be the priority??
This is what I’ve been saying! They rely heavily on tourism! They will need all the help they can get to rebuild ❤
So how can people donate and be assured that money will go directly to the people and not fees for this and that. Can't trust people.
We were told NOT to come. Many from the mainland donated. I did. TOURISTS NEED TO SEE MORE VIDEOS WELCOMING THEM BACK!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Also, WHY aren't the hotels providing a place to stay for local residents???
Cause they have no money to pay for room and food.
No. People who have lost their homes, loved one etc. do not need to be making a video welcoming back entitled people like you. Thanks for donating to us but videos DO NOT to be made doing that. Our families have gone through enough.
The original commenter is not suggesting the people who lost their homes should be making videos welcoming tourists back, but the businesspeople elsewhere on the island who are the backbone of the economy probably should. Classic example of a strawman argument in the replies to the original comment.
Tourists should stay away from the affected areas obviously, but if tourusts don't visit altogether their economy will collapse and they'll be in even deeper 💩
That doesn't help anyone and slows down the recovery process even more.
On a related note, the government really should be doing a lot more to temporarily rehouse people and help them rebuild their homes... isn't that the least they could do with all their taxpayer dollars?
Why are celebs saying don't go? Why are there RUclipsrs putting out shorts, talking about the need for people to stay away? What the hell is going on?
This is why you can't rely on tourism, Hawaii should have learned this from Covid, the island needs to be sustainable and start caring about it's residents
You should like you represent the “agenda” with that statement
They need to build other industries then, being 3-6h behind the rest of the US doesn't help business either.
We the people are afraid to go to Maui on vacation due to the Lahina fire government cover up we are scared to go there now. So all the people of Hawaii need to stand up and demand a private investigation.
We booked a vacation to Hawaii for this coming October over 15 months ago... we tried to cancel but the cruise, flights, and hotels all said no. We feel insensitive at this time vacationing where people have recently lost everything, but we can't cancel since we will lose all the money we saved for this vacation. I hope our tourist dollars help
Help a family when you get there ??!?? Bring extra stuff ?? Make it a humanitarian vacation instead then ? Do something GOOD for other people less fortunate than yourself.
spend your money at locals businesses only when you're there and massive tips will help.
Do what you can to help, bring local currency to give out to little kids when you see them, help out local vendors. It’s only insensitive if you don’t do what you can to help when you will literally be in a place to help. Take your trip, educate yourself and your family on how lucky people in mainland America are, and make sure to TRY AND TALK TO LOCALS AND TAKE PART IN/RESPECT THEIR CULTURE. Hawaiians hate tourists that put on lays and drink from coconuts in five star hotels and turn a blind eye while they literally walk around poverty without trying to learn or help. If you genuinely are concerned about what’s going on, take this opportunity to learn about what’s going on in another place and find out what we can actually do to help.
@@gemsxjourneyx196you do realize that for most people travelling to another country is a major splurge. Why should normal people have to take up slack to provide aid? They'll be going above and beyond if they did, but shouldn't the government and all their charities be at the front? If they can't afford it, can't or don't want to be on the frontlines helping, there's no need to act like they're committing some major sin.
All they need to do is to stick to local business and not be unhinged from reality.
All of the money you spend on local businesses helps Maui recover. I don’t understand these voices saying to stay away. They need money more than ever. Please come and spend and help their local economy. All of their small businesses are dependent on us. ❤️
I never understood them saying they didn't want visitors to come. The whole island didn't burn down! Life goes on!
Hawaii loves tourist money, but absolutely despises mainlanders.
Irrelevant. We have the power ti empower
South Park Eppisode incoming in 321
True
Hawaiians hate their fellow Americans.
Not true at all..maybe they just didn't like you!!
There are too many people out there telling tourists not to come. Hawaii needs tourism and people need to come, just be respectful of the areas that were destroyed❤
How Many Billionaires own properties in Maui. They should be ashamed of themselves. Help these people
I was stationed in Hawaii and then after I got out I lived in Maui for about 3 years. I seem to remember seeing locals constantly saying keep tourists away and telling people that the state would be better with no tourists. Your whole state is only alive because of tourism, without tourists the whole infrastructure of the state collapses but they didn’t wanna hear that . Now look.
Unfortunately it’s just not realistic to shut down an economy for an extended period. $10billion would rebuild the entire affected area, with enough left to give everyone who was affected $1million. We gave more than 10 times that to Ukraine and can’t seem to help our own community in crisis.
Perhaps biden can redirect the ukraine war funding
It’s sad it took the Lahaina fires for people to realize that when this has been in a reality for those of us in Hawaiʻi for years. The US can afford to give money to foreign countries but not to shut down the Red Hill fuel tanks that have been leaking into our only source of fresh water for the whole island of Oʻahu. Wē are expendable to them.
Tourist could travel and then help when they get there. Still make money and people are still helped.
Hawaiins are asking for tourists to come. Don’t listen to people asking tourists to stay away from Hawaii.
As a Oahu resident, Tourism does not bring good money to hawaii. It doesnt benefit our economy greatly. All the money made off of tourist goes to mainland airlines, mainland hotel brands, mainland designers. The constant idea of tourism being beneficial to hawaii is propaganda perpetrated by the uninformed and uneducated.
Make special Maui Flights.
Lower the hotel rates encourage visitors. Lower the flights and they will come.❤❤❤❤
DOLE and all the sugar cane companies that profit off stolen land should help.
I don't think I'll ever buy another canned Dole of anything .
And when did they steal this land huh you wanna tell me
@@Chrisbee-sg4ch when they disposed the queen and installed a puppet. Read a book. To the rest of you, it is not a corporations job to help anyone but their shareholders. Never count on anyone coming to help you, help yourselves.
Where is the outcry from all the other people in Hawaii? Why is there nobody nobody? It seems coming to the rescue.
People of Hawaii you need to remember this when you go to the voting booth!!!
Tell me. If we had voted red, how would this have turned out any differently?
@@yuritopia6512 you would’ve had the support of Donald Trump and you could’ve trusted his word to take care of Hawaii!!!!
I doubt it
@@bigg204 trump hates Hawaii always has..
The privately-owned resorts didn’t provide emergency services?!
*gasp*
Why are the hotels not housing those who lost their homes
Perhaps they have reservations that cant be canceled because airlines wont refund people who woulfd stay home otherwise.
We were told not to go to Hawaii because this is a slap in the face, I'm not sure what to believe anymore... this is sad...
$700.00 to each family from your Democrat president.
Do not care about the money, find the missing and seek justice
I am profoundly sorry for what happened to these people. I pray they get their lives, land, and homes back, I bare them no ill will. That being said, I will never set foot or spend a single dollar in the state again. I understand that tourism is a two edged sword, I live in an area dependent on tourism. It's terrible at times, and I hate it. However, when you are openly hostile and tell tourists to stay away but also want tourist dollars, I'm going to opt for staying away. I hope they fully recover, but it will be without my few dollars.
Karen, now you know you're probably a terrible guest anyway. Your "with that said..." is cruel & cold. I hope you're house doesn't catch on fire & you need help. You will definitely get that same false wish back on you that you put out on the Hawaiians.
🙄
Perhaps the hostility is coming from everything they've ever known destroyed. They lost family, children, neighbors, and friends. They've lost their homes and town. They aren't getting much help and still do not know what really happened. Any trust in the law and officials have been broken. And others in the country are watching their lives being played out and criticizing them on how they handled their tragedy. How would you feel!?!! The comments about not going there for vacation shows how sad this country has become. All anyone is concerned about is their damn selves.
I'm with Alex the government try to kill them by closeing roads in Hope of locals dieing to confiscate there property sounds crazy but that's what it looks like .all the trees are untouched they should all be Ash they still green
@@alexandriakelley6105 You have never been to Hawaii and your comments show it.
How sad!! Prayers for the indigenous people 🙏🙏
Canada, of course, forced all Air Canada flights to CANCEL all Maui trips. THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO BRING THE HAWAIINS TO THEIR KNEES.
Yep. The Elite trying to starve off the remainder of their victims.
Canada used to be a great place. I no longer consider it one. The fact that they won't let you get an organ transplant if you don't get the jab is tyrannical. They also outlawed firearms. Troudeu is a monster
First of all, you have no bills to pay when it’s emergency your land and your property is your own
Remember you have to be an illegal l to get help from the government with our tax money
Rejecting tourists after a localized crisis like this is incredibly dumb and indicative of the naivety of how society functions. Without tourists, Hawaii is a pineapple and beef farm -- full stop. This contempt towards tourists is toxic and harmful for them.
Oprah needs to get with the resorts and hotels and pay them so that Lahaina citizens can stay there. Or pay for the Above Earth Homes company to build housing..each house is done within 48 hrs. The owner announced that he was available to make this happen in the Maui City Council meeting
She already did her generous share . Went shopping to get essentials at Walmart . Then went on media asking us to donate our money to the cause. Now she is busy making nice and doing damage control to improve her public image .
Oprah can do what she wants with her money it's hers. Who are you to tell someone else whatbto do with there money maybe you do something instead of complaining.
Maui's economy is 90% tourism.
No tourists = No money
I have been saying this since the day of the fires.
They are going to need tourists more now than ever before.
People have jumped down my throat for this.
If someone already had vacation planned for years. They should still go. They should see what's going on and lend a hand while they can when they are there. If every tourist give up one or 2 or their vacation days to help. That place could get back to beautiful before the end of the year.
Local people u need the tourist more then ever.❣️
No they don't....
@@midoscent70% of hawaiis economy is tourism they need the money flow in order to help maui so yes they do
@@midoscentyes they do
This is shady and so are you.
@@TheLoneMittenand ur clueless
They should be getting Aid... not having to go to work rn. Just like an area of a Hurricane. You wouldn't tell them to just go to work somewhere. First lady has completely lost her mind.
I wish the best for them. Hawaii is a beautiful place to visit.
The Show must go on. You can’t stop, you need to take a breath, pick up the pieces, rebuild what you can and march on. If you wallow in pain and misery you lose focus. I know, I lost my home to a hurricane and I took a few days to gather my belongings and go back to work. My car was flooded by a hurrricane and I emptied it out and dried it, still smelly and went back to work. You have to strive to survive, the world isn’t waiting. I understand. I ❤ U Hawai’i my second home.
Sadly, without tourism, you would have nothing. People need to understand that most of not all of the people visiting, have booked these trips months in advance and if they cancel, they will lose all the money they paid.
So? If a tsunami, earthquake, tornado or hurricane destroys somewhere you dont just show up and expect everything to be alright...
@@geoffreykidder5694 Hawaii is almost exclusively making money off of tourism to keep the state afloat. Rip away the one industry the Islands have and watch the economy come crashing to the ground. Happened during covid and happened when the sugar industry disappeared in Hawaii. And its already hard living as is.
Something is just not right about that.
why aren't the resorts opening up space for people struggling though
Folks , money is all that is going to help you ...Keep the tourist coming , its a simple math solution...Oprah handing out pillows wont help you , unless you need a good nap.
What Opry should do is take all that land she bought and subdivide it and donate it
Im a firm believer that 75% of people look terrible with tatts but its trendy and people will do anything to fit in
I swear they told us to stay out now they want us all there tonight
“We don’t want tourist here” to “but people need to pay their bills.” Well if that’s not a hypocritical statement idk what is
I'm not hearing of any millionaires and billionaires coming forward to help these people.
@@jacobrussell7329you find that funny huh? wow no empathy from you. 🤡🤡🤡
I spent a week in kaanapali at a resort the first week they opened back up. It was very difficult as some of the locals were not happy that we were there and the other half were very grateful to see us. It's a very real situation of being stuck between a rock and a hard place. I spoke with two representatives from FEMA who were outside of a supermarket. They informed me that the funds are there to rebuild Lahaina but the process is going to take a long long time. One of the issues they discussed was that of getting a hold of property owners. Apparently some are very difficult to get a hold of and they cannot go into their property area unless they have the property owners consent. This also keeps them from getting to other neighboring sites as they have to have all property owners consent to start working on and decontaminating certain sections. I feel for the locals of Maui. Their culture and their people is unlike any other in the world and they are wonderful people. Much respect to the locals and all that they've lost.
Tons of mixed comment here about going to Hawaii to help out and staying away cause the locals said to.
From what I understand they have never liked the mainlanders anyway. Maybe just let the celebrities take it over.
Wherever your understanding comes from is obviously one-sided
A flood in Jindalee Australia 2011 had my sister's house, 1 of 3 not flooded with strangers sleeping on her floor in her lounge, kitchen, bedroom floors,, sharing and eating food, defrosted frozen food from her kitchen, for days . She got loving thanks from these people but I know she wouldn't ask for it. And know she and my nephews are blessed 100 X over
There is a Travel Advisory suggesting people not go there.
But illegals fill hotels in NY... WTF.
Anyone miss Trump now?
I AGREE ! STAY AWAY FROM MAUI!
Pray for your "God's" where are they in your GREATEST time of NEED.. the WHOLE WORLD is in NEED where is the real savior??:god save your people!!
@@hazelwilliams5729not gods just the God and the world will continue to have disasters and things will get much worse world wide scale before his return and we know this bc it's foretold in the Bible..sounds like ur just wanting to mock Christians and God so good luck with that..
We should go to Maui ! Everyday people rely on tourism . We love your island and all our heart is with you !
Welcome to the democrats way that 700 buck was a slap in the face!!! But we can give Ukraine billions!!!! Shows how much the democrats care about the American people!!!
Tourists should be visiting more than ever now, airlines should be running discounts to facilitate even more tourists, those people need us more than ever, right now.
Honestly, when I first heard local Hawaiians saying “stay away tourist” with lots of angry attitude, I felt that their attitude was going to bite them in the butt. They just went through a fire that left the community financially ruined. They should have welcomed and thanked anyone who still wanted to go to Maui to spend their dollars in a town that was so damaged.
I’m in Maui as well speak. These people need the tourists. It’s almost empty here, so sad. We came to try to help with our tourism.
But the saved all the millionaires mansions. That's good enough, right? Donors are all that matters
The millionaires are on the other side of the island. They kept their homes clear of bushes and most importantly their power lines clear of trees and branches. Don't blame the people who actually take proper care of their property.
@@nathanangerson8595Do you think that the rich peoples Blue roofs had anything to do with it? Hmmmm.
@@nathanangerson8595 Oprah has done this before. Now they come in like vultures and swoop up the land. How bout we let Ukraine figure out their own mess and we allocate those funds to take care of our own.
We went to Hawaii this year in April we were met by the most genuine sweet people I love Hawaii from their poverty to the rich it was the greatest atmosphere and I respected their hustles and way of life we're booking a trip back soon the maybe help in the small ways that we can
Local people need to yell at your politicians to get to helping out
Don’t come to Maui we are grieving also come to Maui we have families to feed and businesses to run.
THAT'S TRUE , THEY NEED ALL THE BUSINESS THEY CAN GET!
If a tsunami, earthquake, tornado or hurricane destroys somewhere you dont just show up and expect everything to be alright... the other side of the island should not be empty, thats all
@@geoffreykidder5694Of course, that’s common sense. I don’t believe ANYONE from ANYWHERE would want to intrude on the island of Maui where all the devastation occurred. But the message from Hawai’i was loud and clear-stay away out of respect. That’s what “mainlanders” and tourists from other countries are trying to do. I’ve been to Maui, and Oahu, and never had a bad experience with the Hawaiian people. Everyone is confused as we are receiving mixed messages from Hawai’i, that’s all.
Well you shouldn’t have treated your tourists customers like trash.
I think it comes down to a defining verdict, and that’s rather the tourists decide to help via donations, and just buying things from local businesses and not just Maui but just the surrounding areas to contribute to the rebuilding of Maui. I can tell you personally that I am not from there, I was born and raised in California, but it hit me deep when I saw that Maui was on fire because it’s always been my dream place to go and it still is and now I haven’t even better reason to go there because I would be going there too be helping hand. I completely understand that everybody’s on the fence about everything that unfolded it is truly truly unfortunate and Even saying that is an understatement.
Conflicting information is keeping me away and I’m sure others as well. I had wanted to go in October 2023 but I canceled because of the fires. I’ve seen islanders making videos trying to shame or cancel tourists for going there and enjoying themselves at the beach. I also see videos like this where they talk about needing tourists to stay afloat and pay the bills. The mixed messages make it hard to decide if vacationing there is ok. I will probably still stay away and try back in another year or two from now.
The billionaires could buy trailers for every resident that lost their homes
Im embarrassed by how insensitive people are i the comments. Geez, okay you heard dont come here when it happened. Now they are saying help, please come. Its obvious they need us bc the govt isnt helping them. 😔 this is such a sad situation all around.
The government is helping, it is sad that you are so incredibly uneducated and make untrue pathetic statements showing that you have no clue what you are talking about
Not our job, be careful what you ask for! You just might get it. There's a reason for that saying. This is their problem. Don't pretend for a second you're going to go visit. You just like to talk trash. Seriously, don't even say it unless your there wasting your own money like it's going to do anything for these people.
@nathanangerson8595 I do not see how donating money to help people suffering from a terrible tragedy is a waste of money. Thankfully I believe most people do not think like you
@nathanangerson8595 and when you are down and need help I pray people think differently toward you.
The organization that did this needs to held accountable
I think FEMA should travel to Hawaii. If help doesn’t arrive ask Ukraine for dough 😢. They got it all.
All I can remember is Hawaiians saying so selfish and racist it was to visit….. now they want mainlanders to go???
Sorry for your loss but it would be too painful for me to visit Maui.
Lol yeah ok so it's just about your feelings huh they actually live there you don't and you can't stay there for a couple days to support LOL fake love 🤡🤡🤡🤡
That's the spirit of a fighter 💪 the world won't stop because thousands died somewhere or disaster happened. People laugh with you at times but you cry alone. Let's help in anyway we can. Thank you. Still praying for things and people be better. ❤
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90% of the non Hawaiian people don't care about Maui problems, and the other 10% are happy they have them. Sad but true. Maui is a very expensive vacation destination. It just got more expensive on the other side of the island by Four Seasons. What happened in Lahaina is a complete disaster and heart breaking situation. I am saddened deeply by the loss of life, family and the homes of those who were born and raised in Lahaina. I am actually selling items on ebay and sending 100% of proceeds to Maui support. Government help is on the way as well as private support. Please be patient and stop disrespecting tourist like they are the problem. You have made a nice living off the very people you are disrespecting. Tourists are not to blame for your sorrow and loss. You will need to have ability to rape them again one day.
It’s not true you just pulled them numbers out of your butt it’s just an opinion
Hawaiians have always been fiercely protective of their land. Kicking out the Kooks, Howleys and Barneys and rightfully so.
God bless those people ,