Saturday, December 18, 2004

FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTS -

We Continue with Guidelines for the Community Minded and Culturally Sensitive Visitor to Hawai'i

6. If you have visited the Islands before, talk with other visitors, especially first timers. Share your aloha as well as your "responsible visitor" experiences! As one frequent visitor said, "this is fun, and helps Hawai'i."

7. Live lightly, be mindful. Decrease your personal garbage and pollution.

8. Understand that the tourist industry has contributed to decades of pollution, as well as cultural and economic disruption in Hawai'i. Therefore, many Hawaiians wish tourists would stay home. Respect this attitude if you meet with it and don't take it personally--it reflects an urgent desire for healing of the land and people.

9. Find a way to make a positive contribution during your visit.


10. Finally, learn the true history of the illegal overthrow and continuing occupation of Hawai'i and share this information with your family and friends.