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The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement has a wide range of post-arrival initiatives it could pursue as part of its stewardship services contract from the HTA (“Tourism plans extend beyond stewardship contract, CNHA says,” Star-Advertiser, June 25).
Among these many, for this haole at least, the No. 1 would be a simple, tried-and-true strategy: Greet visitors with Hawaiian music and hula at all the state’s airports. Yes, it’s neither high tech, modern, Diamond Head lights, etc., but it puts our incoming visitors in a “Hawaiian mood” from the moment they step off the plane. After that, you’ve got ‘em, brah.
John Kitchen
Kona
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