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Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Fuels Native Tradition and Sustainability with $3 Million for 2025
Saturday, December 14, 2024
The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) has unveiled plans for new community collaborations centered on the preservation of natural resources, cultural projects, festivals, and key events. In a move to support local initiatives, HTA will allocate nearly $3 million towards 105 partnerships with community organizations, projects, and events taking place throughout Hawai‘i between January 1 and June 30, 2025.
“Through these collaborations, we are making key investments in the community to preserve our multi-ethnic cultures, protect our environment and create meaningful experiences,” said Mufi Hannemann, HTA’s board chair. “As a result, tourism not only supports our residents but also enhances the visitor experience by fostering authentic connections with Hawai‘i’s people and places.”
HTA has partnered with Kilohana to handle these initiatives throughout 5 core applications: Kahu ‘Āina, Kūkulu Ola, Ho‘okipa Malihini Initiative, Group Enrichment, and Signature Occasions.
Proposals had been evaluated by committees composed of island representatives, with a give attention to how every challenge helps the state’s Aloha+ Problem and the ‘Āina Aloha Financial Futures rules, each of which HTA is devoted to selling.
In step with the state’s fiscal calendar, a second spherical of purposes for these applications will probably be introduced in early 2025, searching for initiatives and occasions scheduled from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
“Tourism serves our communities in various ways, and HTA plays a key role in channeling its benefits into programs, projects and events that our residents desire,” mentioned Daniel Nāho‘opi‘i, HTA’s interim president and CEO. “We look forward to collaborating closely with these dedicated organizations and practitioners as they carry out their important work on each island.”
These applications are designed to help HTA’s efforts to fulfill the group’s wants, improve profession alternatives, and promote workforce growth inside Hawai‘i’s tourism sector. In addition they intention to help nonprofits and small companies by offering capacity-building sources that assist them higher have interaction with the tourism trade, whereas providing important technical coaching to strengthen organizational foundations.
