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Despite an uptick in the number of visitors from the West Coast and Japan, nearly 2 percent fewer tourists arrived in Hawaii in October compared to the same month last year, according to new data.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority calculates delegates to the Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the Hawaii Convention Center to spend about $100 million.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority reported Tuesday that the number of visitors coming to the islands in September went up 7.2 percent over the same month last year.
The head of the state's tourism agency has resigned after coming under fire for forwarding racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails.
Hawaii's tourism industry is offering new deals, incentives and packages as it grapples with turbulent airline industry and Americans holding tight to their wallets.
Hawaii tourism officials are looking to China and South Korea to help offset continuing declines in the number of visitors from Japan, the state's largest source of foreign tourists.
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