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Visitor arrivals to Hawaii fell 6.4 percent, while visitor spending saw a 15 percent decline in May.

Compared to May 2008, spending by passengers traveling to the Islands by air fall $133 million, to $754.8 million, according the data released by the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Thursday.

Visitor arrivals were down [...]

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The H1-N1 Swine Flu has been and remains in Hawaii. And if you’re feeling ill…you either have it or you don’t.

“There’s no such thing as being a carrier, you’re either infected or not infected,” says Dr. Sarah Park, State Health Department. “There’s no half, sort of grey area.”

Since last Wednesday: 205 new confirmed [...]

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