Monday, November 12, 2012

Hawaii's Natural Resources: Tourism Draft


                Tourism is the number one leading resource in Hawaii. This is because tourism affects many different aspects. Tourists come from all over the place, mostly Japan and china. Without tourism, the amount of jobs would decrease, along with the population, and our economy would crash.
               
  A lot of people come to Hawaii for vacation. In 2010, there were a total of 1,363 visitor arrivals here on Hawaii. In 2011, there were 1, 375. There’s an expected amount of 1,389 visitor arrivals for this year. With these numbers adding onto Hawaii’s population, it creates a lot of traffic. Our main tourist attractions such as Waikiki and Ala Moana, are usually packed, especially during the summer and some holidays. All the traffic on the streets, beaches, and sidewalks can create a lot of upset people. If the amount of visitor arrivals increase and the number of people on the streets increase, Hawaii’s population may decrease.
               
  However, the more tourist expenditures there are, the better our economy. In 2010, the total amount of visitor expenditures was $11,066 billion. In 2011 it was $12,255 billion. $14,123 billion is the predicted amount of visitor expenditures this year. With all this money going to our state, we could pay for a lot of things. Most of the tourist money was spent at hotels, restaurants, popular stores, and other popular locations. This money helps keep all these businesses up and running. Tourism is the number one leading resource in Hawaii because it stimulates the economy.
               
  As said in the previous paragraph, tourist spends most of their money at hotels, restaurants, and popular stores. This helps to keep businesses alive. In 2010, Hawaii’s visitor industry provided 152,864 jobs. In 2011, it provided 6,678 jobs. Without tourist, a lot of businesses/places would probably shut down, such as Hawaii Airlines, Sheraton Hotel, International Market Place, Bishop Museum, Water Park, etc.
               
  In conclusion, tourism is the number one leading resource here on Hawaii. It affects many different aspects and stimulates our economy. Without the amount of tourist expenditures and visitations, people would probably lose their jobs and our economy would crash.

4 comments:

  1. Capitalize the c in china in the first paragraph. Stay on topic of tourism because you talked a little bit about traffic. I like the statistics thoug.

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  2. Unlike Dylan, I really liked that you went a bit off topic. It shows that you have a lot to say. Although do be careful; don't go into something else too much. Also, your essay was at an appropriate length.

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  3. There was a little capitalization errors and you should stay on one topic and start to introduce an new topic instead. overall it was very good

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  4. You need to follow the chunky paragraph format. Some of the body pargraphs are missing the TWO pieces of evidence that is required. Also your thesis is very strong but not each part of your thesis is discussed. For examples your first body paragraph is about traffic (which is a very broad and basic discussion), that is not evevn mentioned in the thesis or introduction. Also some of your facts may be wrong. For example you say in 2010 only 1,363 vistors came to Hawaii. However how is that little amount able to spend 11 billion while visiting. That doesn't make sense, you need to correct your visitor amount because that is a very low number. Please make the changes and do a better job discussing your topic. AS(2+)

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