Oahu Dates
Royal Hawaiian opens
What happened in 1927?
Tourist numbers rapidly increased
What happened during Development?
Tourist numbers were about 1000 per year.
What were tourist numbers in 1900?
Arguably the stage Oahu is in since 2000s until Covid-19.
An attraction in the middle of the island
What is the Dole Pineapple Plantation?
Alawai Canal was built
What happened in 1922?
Tourists start to outnumber locals
What happens in Development stage?
1,000,000 visitors
Consequences of overtourism in the North Shore of Oahu.
What does harrassing sea turtles, traffic, disrespecting sacred sites, killing seaweed, have in common?
Year when Hawaii had under 500 visitors arriving.
What happened in 2020?
Commercial jet travel became available and increased tourism to Hawaii
What was a major event of the 1950s?
The earliest pattern of tourism development in Oahu
What is meant by "concentrated in Waikiki"?
300,000
What were tourist numbers in the 1950s?
Development is maxxed out.
What is a defining characteristic of Consolidation stage?
What happened in 2008?
The last piece of undeveloped land was sold for $45million
What happened in 1990?
Locals start to be unhappy with the environmental changes brought about by tourism
What else typifies the Development stage?
What were tourist numbers by the mid-2000s?
A phenomenon caused by social media promotion, a growing middle class in places like Brazil, Mexico, China & India, cheap budgets airlines, & Airbnbs.
What is overtourism?
Stage where locals feel there is loss of cultural identity
What is Consolidation stage?
Decade that majority of locals start saying tourism is being prioritised over locals.
What was happening in the 2000s?
What happens to tourists in Development stage?
Tourist numbers reaching about 1.5million per year
What were tourist numbers like in 1990?
Reasons for declining tourism in the present.
What does inflation/cost of living crisism, shorter holidays, and going to other islands like Maui have in common?
Island that replaced Oahu as most visitied island?
What is Maui?