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The Economic Sustainability Of Culture In Hawai’I: Tourists’ Willingness To Pay For Hawaiian Cultural Experiences, Gabriella Andrade, Holly Itoga, Catherine Linnes, Jerome Agrusa, Joseph Lema Sep 2021

The Economic Sustainability Of Culture In Hawai’I: Tourists’ Willingness To Pay For Hawaiian Cultural Experiences, Gabriella Andrade, Holly Itoga, Catherine Linnes, Jerome Agrusa, Joseph Lema

Hospitality Faculty Research

Given the current travel restrictions with the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an unprecedented opportunity for Hawai’i to reexamine its current tourism offerings and establish a new approach to support a more authentic, cultural, and sustainable tourism for the U.S. domestic tourist market. As tourists from the continental U.S. are the largest source market for visitors to Hawai’i, the purpose of this study is to examine the trend towards an “authentic cultural” tourism experience and evaluate whether U.S. visitors will be willing to pay for a deeper integration and representation of Hawaiian culture in tourism offerings. The contingent valuation method (CVM) …


Ethnic Intercession: Leadership At Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony, 1871–1887, Pennie Moblo Jun 1999

Ethnic Intercession: Leadership At Kalaupapa Leprosy Colony, 1871–1887, Pennie Moblo

Pacific Studies

Western notions of leadership can obscure the complexity of colonial history. This article examines ethnic relations in Hawai‘i via its Hansen’s disease colony during the years immediately preceding the overthrow of the monarchy. Popular accounts of Kalaupapa portray a nineteenth-century prison of iniquity where native Hawaiians, sequestered from the controls of civilization, degenerated to a state of “savagery” until a European priest saved them. This image is challenged by letters and reports to the Board of Health, which invoke an alternative history focused on the dialogue between native patients and foreign advisors in government. It is argued here that the …


Contributors: Vol 22 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Jun 1999

Contributors: Vol 22 No. 2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 22 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue 2


Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Jun 1999

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 22, No 2 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal


Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Jun 1999

Vol. 22 No. 2 (1999): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


How Many Hawaiians Live In Hawai‘I?, Robert C. Schmitt Sep 1996

How Many Hawaiians Live In Hawai‘I?, Robert C. Schmitt

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


“The Horror” Reconsidered: An Evaluation Of The Historical Evidence For Population Decline In Hawai‘I, 1778–1803, Andrew F. Bushnell Sep 1993

“The Horror” Reconsidered: An Evaluation Of The Historical Evidence For Population Decline In Hawai‘I, 1778–1803, Andrew F. Bushnell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Review Forum On David E. Stannard's Before The Horror: The Population Of Hawai‘I On The Eve Of Western Contact, David E. Stannard, Terry L. Hunt, Ann F. Ramenofsky, Francis L. Black Jul 1990

Book Review Forum On David E. Stannard's Before The Horror: The Population Of Hawai‘I On The Eve Of Western Contact, David E. Stannard, Terry L. Hunt, Ann F. Ramenofsky, Francis L. Black

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Hana ‘Ino: Child Maltreatment In A Hawaiian-American Community, Jill E. Korbin Jul 1990

Hana ‘Ino: Child Maltreatment In A Hawaiian-American Community, Jill E. Korbin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.