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Maui beckons tourists, and their dollars, to stave off economic disaster after wildfires
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So few tourists are coming to the Hawaiian island of Maui after last month's wildfires that restaurants and tour companies are laying off workers and unemployment is surging. State tourism
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Lawsuits are piling up in court. Businesses across the island of Maui are fretting about the loss of tourism. And there are still scores of people missing.
So few tourists are coming to the Hawaiian island of Maui after last month's wildfires that restaurants and tour companies are laying off workers and unemployment is surging. State tourism
KAHULUI >> Richie Olsten has been in Maui’s helicopter tour business for a half-century, so long he’s developed a barometer for the tourism-dependent economy: rental cars parked at the island’s airport.
Many of the victims of Lahaina's fires lost not only their homes, but also their jobs. The unemployment crisis has spread to all of Maui as tourism has plummeted following the fires.
Businesses in Maui are asking tourists to return to help bolster the economy in the wake of last month’s wildfires that devastated the town of Lahaina. Nearly 8,000 people filed for unemployment in the last three weeks of August.
KAHULUI >> Richie Olsten has been in Maui’s helicopter tour business for a half-century, so long he’s developed a barometer for the tourism-dependent economy: rental cars parked at the island’s airport.
KAHULUI, Hawaii — Richie Olsten has been in Maui’s helicopter tour business for a half century, so long he’s developed a barometer for the tourism-dependent economy: rental cars parked at the island’s airport.
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