It’s no secret that 2012 was a record year for Chinese tourism to Hawaii. Although Hawaii had only 115,927 visitors from China in 2012 — a small portion of the record total 7.99 million visitors from all parts of the world — it was a 42 percent increase from the number of Chinese visitors to the Islands in 2011. Those visitors spent a total of $273.3 million during their Hawaii vacations last year, a 53 percent increase from Chinese visitor spending in 2011. Per-person per-day spending increased…
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