Hawaii’s tourism board has created a program so that it’s easier for visitors to figure out how to be responsible tourists – and act accordingly
When I checked in to my hotel in Kaanapali, Maui, I was asked what brought me to the island. I told the pair of employees at the front desk that I was writing a story about how to be a respectful tourist in Hawaii. One of the staff chuckled to himself. I told him it looked like he had some thoughts. He said he wasn’t sure he should say anything while wearing his name badge.of Native Hawaiians and represents a quarter of the state’s economy.
What exactly does “responsible” mean? The state’s tourism board has created a program so that it’s easier for tourists to figure it out – and act accordingly. The state-wide Malama Hawaii Program is, on its surface, classic voluntourism. Visitors spend a day cleaning a beach, say, in exchange for a free night’s stay at their hotel.
The experience runs just twice a week, which is intentional, Kollars says: “We haven’t scaled up really large. We like to have our connection be really high grade instead of touching a lot of people very lightly.” Many of the waitstaff are also performers in the show, which creates a personal connection for guests, someone on hand to answer questions or explain traditions. ”Our culture was made out to be more of a joke. We’re reversing that and educating visitors,” Freitas says.
At the Fairmont Orchid on Hawai’i Island, Ka’iulani Blankenfeld oversees the resort’s cultural programming as the director of Hawaiian culture. Experiences for guests include Hawaiian storytelling, coconut frond weaving, hula classes and lei making. Hawaiians, like many Indigenous cultures around the world, did not have a written language and used song and dance for storytelling and knowledge sharing. The hand and foot movement of hula, and objects used in the performance, are all parts of the messages being conveyed.
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