Hawaii welcomed fewer visitors from U.S. states west of the Rockies in September, seeing arrivals from its largest domestic source market sink 5.9% year over year.
Total visitor expenditures also dropped for the market, falling 5.5% from the same month in 2012, to $322.6 million, according to preliminary estimates released by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Figures from U.S. states east of the Rockies were a little more positive, with September arrivals and total spending essentially unchanged from the same period a year prior.
Through the first nine months of 2013, however, total domestic arrivals to the Hawaiian Islands are up 3.4% while spending by U.S. visitors traveling to the Aloha State climbed 7%, to more than $6.4 billion.