14 Quotes by Marsha Wienert

Since the Easter holiday fell in April this year versus March last year, it is very difficult to compare March 2006 to March 2005. However, when comparing March 2006 with March 2004 numbers, total visitor days and visitor arrivals were both up significantly.

Most of the small providers don't have the marketing dollars to get their Web site out there at the level that the destination does. So they rely on the destination to drive traffic to their site.

Passing the 7 million milestone was a tremendous achievement for our state's visitor industry.

We are especially pleased with the increase in daily and total expenditures by our visitors. We are very optimistic that this trend will continue throughout the year.

We are encouraged that first-quarter arrivals set a new record for the domestic market and total visitor days exceeded all previous years. Furthermore, we are excited by the strong growth in visitor arrivals from Canada and by the continued increase in the level of overall expenditures.

The vision and goal is to ensure our airports are modern, efficient, passenger-friendly and secure.

As far as we can see it's nothing to be alarmed about. The demand for Hawaii is not easing as we move forward.

It's a small number, but it's growing. As more people migrate here to become residents, the word gets out in regards to what a beautiful destination this is.

The continued record increase in visitor arrivals from the domestic market has been phenomenal.