According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), a total of 842,927 visitors came to the state of Hawaiʻi in June 2022, representing an 89 percent recovery from June 2019. The visitor count in June 2022 was the second best since January 2020.

Visitors spent $1.83 billion in the state in June 2022, an increase of 12.3 percent compared to the $1.63 billion reported for June 2019.

Of the total visitors, 841,809 arrived by air, mainly from the U.S. West and U.S. East. Additionally, 1,118 visitors arrived by cruise ships. In comparison, 947,112 visitors (-11%) arrived by air (946,373 visitors, -11%) and by cruise ships (738 visitors, +51.5%) in June 2019. The average length of stay by all visitors in June 2022 was 9.44 days, up from 8.80 days (+7.2%) in June 2019.

There were 11,940 visitors from Japan in June 2022 compared to 126,592 visitors (-90.6%) in June 2019. Visitors from Japan spent $24.3 million in June 2022 compared to $182 million (-86.7%) in June 2019. Daily spending by Japanese visitors in June 2022 ($244 per person) was slightly lower compared to June 2019 ($248 per person, -1.9%).

In June 2022, 15,634 visitors arrived from Canada compared to 19,172 visitors (-18.5%) in June 2019. Visitors from Canada spent $34.4 million in June 2022, compared to $36.1 million (-4.6%) in June 2019. Daily spending by Canadian visitors in June 2022 ($196 per person) increased compared to June 2019 ($160 per person, +22.5%).

In June 2022, there were 66,193 visitors from international markets, which included individuals from Oceania, Other Asia, Europe, Latin America, Guam, Philippines and the Pacific Islands. In comparison, there were 107,428 visitors (-38.4%) from all other international markets in June 2019.

Through the first half of 2022, total visitor spending was $9.23 billion, up 4.2 percent from $8.86 billion in the first half of 2019.