Visitor spending in record territory on Kaua‘i

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Shoppers browsed through the Nataliearth offerings of landscape and diving photographs and hand-made jewelry during The Beach House Craft Fair on Sunday, July 28, 2024.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Laura Cristobal Andersland, of The Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Salts, was kept busy explaining her product line to a steady stream of shoppers on Saturday, July 27, 2024, during the Koloa Plantation Days Park Celebration craft fair.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Shoppers crowded a vendor’s table offering the latest Pokemon-themed novelties during the bon dance at the Kapa‘a Hongwanji Mission on Friday, July 26, 2024.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

A shopper browsed through the assortment of plumeria floral pieces on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, during the Polynesian Revue at the Po‘ipu Shopping Village that was celebrated as part of the weeklong Koloa Plantation Days festival.

LIHU‘E — There may have been fewer tourists on the island of Kaua‘i in the first half of the year, but the people who did visit spent a record amount of money in the period.

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