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Advertiser Staff
The state's cruise industry contributed $293.7 million
to Hawai'i's gross state product in 2003 and $286.3 million in 2002, according
to a state report released yesterday.
The Pride of Aloha
arriving last July to begin cruises here is not included in the state study,
which covered the years 2002 and 2003.
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When
also considering the increased spending by households with cruise industry
employees, the industry's overall contribution increased to $390.5 million for
2003 and $381.1 million for 2002, according to the 2002 and 2003 Hawaii Cruise
Impact Study by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and
Tourism.
"We are pleased by the growing contribution from the cruise
industry to our state's economy," said state tourism liaison Marsha Wienert.
"Looking forward, we can expect to see continued increases in the number of
cruise ships to our islands, which will help diversify our tourism base and
provide yet another reason for visitors to come to Hawai'i."
Only
foreign-flagged ships, including those based in Hawai'i, visited Hawai'i during
the two years covered in the study. NCL America's Pride of Aloha, which flies
the U.S. flag, began sailing the islands last July. NCL's U.S.-flagged Pride of
America and Pride of Hawai'i are scheduled to be delivered in June and in summer
2006, respectively.
The state study concluded that Hawai'i's cruise
industry generated $108.1 million and $110.4 million in earnings, and created
4,547 jobs and 4,582 jobs in 2002 and 2003, respectively. About $37.4 million in
state and county taxes were generated in 2002 and $38.2 million in 2003.
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