CRAIG T. KOJIMA/CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Japanese tourists stroll through Waikiki in June 2023.
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I keep reading that we need to entice more Japanese tourists to Hawaii. We keep sending delegation after delegation to Japan seeking answers. If we want more Japanese tourists to come here, we need to reinvent ourselves.
People from Japan go to Las Vegas for the entertainment, gambling and cannabis. And people from Hawaii visit Las Vegas for the entertainment, gambling and cannabis.
Hawaii should either change or find a new economic engine.
Chuck Cohen
Kalama Valley
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