Canadian arrivals in Hawaii have almost reached pre-pandemic levels with July figures from the state showing that 25,684 visitors arrived from Canada compared to 26,939 visitors (-4.7%) in July 2019.

At the same time, spending increased by 14% to US$57.1 million during the month compared to $50.1 million in July 2019 with Canadians spending $189 p.p., daily – a jump of 19.6% compared to $158 p.p. in 2019.

Overall, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), a total of 919,154 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in July, representing a 92.4% recovery from July 2019 – the highest monthly visitor count since January 2020. Visitors spent $1.94 billion in the state in July 2022, an increase of 14.3% over July 2019.

The arrivals figures showed that visitors from the US mainland exceeded July 2019 levels by 14% from the West coast and 2.3% from the East, and average length of stay was 9.36 days, up from 8.92 days (+4.9%) in July 2019.

However, another large source market, Japan, sent only 23,133 visitors in July compared to 134,587 visitors (-82.8%) in July 2019 – a discrepancy that largely prevented Hawaii from exceeding its 2019 levels had it not occurred.

All other international markets, which included visitors from Oceania, Other Asia, Europe, Latin America, Guam, Philippines, and the Pacific Islands posted 92,861 arrivals in July, down 27% from the same month 2019.