Hotel occupancy rates throughout the state were substantially higher in November than they were in 2020, but still lagged behind prepandemic numbers.
According to data from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, luxury class hotels had an occupancy rate of 63.6% in November, an increase of 35.6 percentage points from the same month in 2020, but a decrease of 17.9 points from November 2019.
Total revenue earned from hotel stays across the state in November totaled $322 million, an increase of nearly 340% from 2022, but 3.3% less than November 2019.
The trend held true across all islands. On the Big Island, hotel occupancy was 70%, compared with 22% in 2020 and 75% in 2019.
“While Hawaii’s hotel sector statewide continues so show positive signs of recovery on the leisure travel side, there is still much work to do as the industry focuses on returning to prepandemic … levels,” said John De Fries, HTA president and CEO, in a statement.
“It is encouraging to see strong demand and growing average daily rates continuing as near the end of the year,” he said. “This signals Hawaii is on the right path, however, with the omicron variant cases continuing to rise around the world, the timing for a full recovery remains uncertain.”