Developing a Dream Destination : : Tourism and Tourism Policy Planning in Hawaii / / James Mak.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mak, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 16 illus.

Developing a Dream Destination is an interpretive history of tourism and tourism policy development in Hawai‘i from the 1960s to the twenty-first century. Part 1 looks at the many changes in tourism since statehood (1959) and tourism’s imprint on Hawai‘i. Part 2 reviews the development of public policy toward tourism, beginning with a story of the planning process that started around 1970—a full decade before the first comprehensive State Tourism Plan was crafted and implemented. It also examines state government policies and actions taken relative to the taxation of tourism, tourism promotion, convention center development and financing, the environment, Honolulu County’s efforts to improve Waikiki, and how the Neighbor Islands have coped with explosive tourism growth. Along the way, author James Mak offers interpretations of what has worked, what has not, and why. He concludes with a chapter on the lessons learned while developing a dream destination over the past half century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Map of the Hawaiian Islands -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tourism in Hawaii: An Overview -- 3. Genesis of State Policy on Tourism -- 4. State Tax Policy on Tourism -- 5. Tourism Promotion, the Hawaii Convention Center, and the Hawaii Tourism Authority -- 6. Protecting Hawaii’s Natural Environment -- 7. Improving Waikiki -- 8. The Neighbor Islands -- 9. Lessons from Hawaii’s Experience -- Index -- About the Author