Ma waena o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻoweliweli hoʻoweliweli a me nā pilikia ma waho, ua hoʻomaha ʻo Pelekikena Barack Obama i Hawaiʻi me kona ʻohana. Ua snorkeled lākou i loko o nā kai kūʻono maikaʻi a ʻai i loko o nā hale ʻaina nani. Manaʻo wale nā luna mākaʻikaʻi he mau kaukani hou aku e like me lākou.

ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ke kāpili e hoʻopaʻa i ke kālā o kēia mokuʻāina, mālama i kona mau alanui i ka maʻemaʻe, uku ʻia kāna mau limahana a hoʻonaʻauao ʻia kāna mau keiki. Akā i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua haʻalele nā poʻe hoʻomaha a me nā hui iā Hawaiʻi no ka makemake o nā wahi ʻē aʻe e kokoke ana i ka home. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo ia ka lohi mua ʻole o ka ʻoihana a me kekahi mau puʻupuʻu nui i ka waihona kālā o ka mokuʻāina.

Ua pōkole loa ʻo Hawaiʻi i ke kālā i kēia makahiki a ua haʻalele ʻo ia i nā kumu a hoʻokuʻu i ke kula no 17 mau Pōʻalima i ka makahiki kula, hāʻawi iā ia i nā lā kula liʻiliʻi loa o kekahi mokuʻāina ʻo US. Ke piʻi nei ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka home a me ka waiho ʻana i ka banekorupa. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe hana ʻole ma mua o ka pālua i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei i ka 7 pakeneka. ʻOiai ʻoi loa ia ma lalo o ka awelika aupuni o 10 pakeneka, he mea kupanaha ia no kahi wahi i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ka helu hana ʻole ma lalo o 3 pakeneka.

No ka manawa mua i loko o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki, ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā poʻe Hawaiʻi e loaʻa ana i nā pono kōkua. Ke piʻi nei ka hewa ma Oahu i kēia makahiki, ʻoiai ua hāʻule i ka ʻāina. A me he mea lā ʻaʻole i hoʻonāwaliwali nā mea, ke hoʻopilikia nei kekahi pūʻali ʻiole ma ke kaona ʻo Kina o Honolulu i ke kālepa hale ʻaina i hoʻopilikia ʻia.

ʻO ia ka "hōʻino ʻino loa i ko mākou ola," wahi a Marcus Oshiro, ka luna o ke Kōmike Waiwai Hale o ka mokuʻāina.

Ua hāʻule ka heluna o ka poʻe malihini kipa i nā mokupuni i Nowemapa i ka 17 pakeneka mai ka makahiki 2007, a ʻo ka nui o nā lilo e nā malihini kipa mokulele no nā mahina mua 11 o 2009 ua emi iho he $1.3 biliona mai ka manawa like i ka makahiki 2008.

Ke manaʻolana nei nā luna mākaʻikaʻi e hiki ke hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi a Obamas e hoʻohuli i kēlā a puni, me nā kiʻi o nā kahakai koʻikoʻi a me nā nalu 30-kapuaʻi e hoʻihoʻi ʻia ana i nā ʻāina hau.

Akā kekahi Aloha Ke hoʻopiʻi nei nā kamaʻāina o ka mokuʻāina iā Obama, he kamaʻāina Hawaiʻi, no ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka hāʻule. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana maikaʻi iā lākou i ka makahiki i hala i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole pono nā hui e loaʻa i nā bailouts aupuni e hele "i Las Vegas a i ʻole e iho i ka Super Bowl." Ua ʻōlelo paha ʻo ia ʻo Hawaiʻi.

Ua hoʻopau ʻia nā hui nui a me nā junkets hui mai ka wā i hōʻike ʻia ai ua hoʻolilo ʻo AIG i mea hoʻolako pilikia i $ 443,000 ma ka St. Regis Resort ma Dana Point, Calif., He mau lā wale nō ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana i kahi $85 billion federal bailout. ʻO ka backlash ke kumu kūʻai o nā wahi hoʻokipa e like me Hawaii a pūpū. ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 mau ʻoihana a me nā hui i kāpae i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana Hawaiʻi a i ʻole nā ʻaha kūkā ma hope o nā ʻōlelo a Obama, e like me ka ʻoihana o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana, hoʻomohala waiwai a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.

"Ke nalo nei mākou i ka ʻoihana hui i hoʻopau ʻia ma muli o nā kumu waiwai a i ʻole nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻia ʻana he hui e hele ana i Hawaii," wahi a Keith Vieira, ka hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe a me ka luna o nā hana no Starwood Hotels and Resorts ma Hawaii a me French Polynesia.

Ua hōʻeha ʻia kēlā hāʻule ʻana i ka Mokupuni Nui o Hawaiʻi, ka mea maʻamau i manaʻo ʻia he lohi mua a hoʻihoʻi hou i ka wā i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Oahu, ka mokupuni nui loa, wahi a Joseph Toy, ka pelekikena o ka hui noiʻi mākaʻikaʻi Hawaiʻi Hospitality Advisors. I Nowemapa, ʻo ka noho ʻana o ka hōkele ma ka mokupuni nui he 40 pakeneka, wahi āna.

Ua hāʻule ka noho ʻana ma nā hōkele ma Big Island a me Kauai i ka 54 pakeneka mai ka 72 pakeneka a i ka 60 pakeneka mai ka 78 pakeneka, i kēlā me kēia, i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala, e like me ka TZ Economics, kahi hui noiʻi kūloko. ʻO ka hāʻule holoʻokoʻa o ka loaʻa kālā hōkele ma mua o $ 1 biliona ma ka mokuʻāina, e like me kekahi mau manaʻo.

ʻAʻohe wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua i hōʻeha ʻole ʻia e ka lohi o ka honua. Akā, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka pilikia. Aia ma kahi o 2,900 mau mile mai ke Komohana Komohana, ua hilinaʻi loa ia i ka poʻe huakaʻi ea a me nā poʻe holo moku.

Ua piʻi ka emi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻaneʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 2008, ʻoiai ua hāʻule ka hoʻokele waiwai o US a ua hoʻopau nā mea hana i nā ʻumi kaukani o nā limahana. ʻAʻole koke, ua lilo kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha i mea waiwai ʻole i nā mea kūʻai aku.

Aia kekahi mau hōkele ritzy i ka paʻa ʻana a i ʻole ua loli lima ma muli o nā pilikia kālā. Ke manaʻo nei nā hale kūʻai a puni nā wahi kiʻekiʻe i ka lohi. "ʻO ka manawa maʻamau i ka wā Kalikimaka, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i loko o ka hale kūʻai aku ua piha loa," wahi a Dion DeBois, ka mea hana ma kahi hale kūʻai mea kūʻai ma nā hale kūʻai kiʻekiʻe o nā Kings ma Waikoloa Village. "I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kanaka e hele nei."

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