Marsha Wienert Quotes (9 Quotes)

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

The domestic market continues to outperform previously stated goals.

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.

Passing the 7 million milestone was a tremendous achievement for our state's visitor industry, and we are also pleased to achieve an all-time high of 11.5 billion in expenditures. These milestones reflect the quality and professionalism of everyone involved in the visitor industry.

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 cruise-industry growth is adding to the diversity of our visitor market.

The Japanese population is aging and has created a market niche with great potential for Hawaii. They have the income levels and the time to travel.

I'm told that the airplanes now serve more airports around the state and Island Airlines provided more point-to-point connections between our islands than the other airlines in our state.