Cruise Ship Passengers in Hawaii
Hawaii's cruise ship industry flourished in 2002. In addition to the 63,776 out-of-state visitors who arrived by cruise ships, another 171,251 out-of-state visitors also came by air to board cruise ships touring the islands. Combined, there were 235,027 cruise visitors to the state, up 52.3 percent from a year ago.
In addition to two cruise ships home-ported in Hawaii, 55 out-of-state cruise ships made 131 tours around the islands during the year. There were also two Hawaii home-ported ships in 2001 but only 40 out-of-state cruise ships made 136 tours carrying 154,357 out-of-state visitors.
Point of Origin and Island Visitation
In total there were 242,144 passengers aboard cruise ships in the islands during 2002, 97 percent were out-of-state visitors while 7,117 passengers were Hawaii residents.
By the nature of the cruise routes, these passengers visited most of the neighbor islands. All of the cruise passengers visited Oahu, 95.6 percent visited Maui, 94.8 percent visited the Big Island and 93.4 percent visited Kauai. In addition to their cruise itinerary, 2,821 passengers visited Lanai while 2,073 visited Molokai.
Visitors from the U.S. East comprised the largest percentage of out-of-state passengers (54.6%), followed by visitors from U.S. West (30.3%), Canada (6.6%), Europe (2.4%), and others (6.1%).
Over half of the out-of-state passengers (59.7%) were repeat visitors to the islands, while 40.3 percent came to Hawaii for the first time.
Nearly 84 percent of the passengers cruised the islands for leisure, 8.5 percent visited friends and relatives, 4.1 percent were on their honeymoon while 2.8 percent played golf.
Length of Stay and Type of Accommodation
The total average length of stay by out-of-state cruise passengers in 2002 was 7.00 days. In addition to the average of 4.55 days these passengers spent aboard ship touring the islands and the 1.24 days they spent on shore after their cruise was over, visitors who arrived in Hawaii by air stayed an average of 1.22 days in Hawaii before their cruise.
Passengers from Canada spent the most time in the islands at 7.95 days. Their average length of cruise was 4.73 days and they also spent 1.88 days on shore after their cruise was over. The average length of stay by European visitors was 7.57 total days, of which 4.64 days were spent on ship and 1.36 days were spent post cruise. U.S West visitors spent an average of 6.97 total days in the islands, 4.52 days aboard ship and 1.34 days after cruise. The average length of stay by U.S. East visitors was 6.79 days, 4.54 days of which were spent on ship and 1.04 spent after the cruise was over.
Of those out-of-state who spent extra nights in Hawaii either before or after their shipboard cruises, 58.7 percent chose to stay in hotels. Other types of lodging used by cruise visitors during their extra nights included condominiums (3.5%), timeshare properties (2.1%) and staying with friends and relatives (2.0%).
Cruise Visitor Expenditures
The average out-of-state cruise visitor in 2002 spent approximately $99 per person per day (PPPD) while on shore in Hawaii. This amount is comprised of tour costs and other on-land expenditures such as lodging, food and beverages, shopping, transportation and entertainment.
U.S. East cruise visitors spent the most at $105 PPPD, followed by visitors from Europe ($93), Canada ($91), and the U.S. West ($90). In contrast, daily spending by Hawaii resident cruise passengers was only $43 per person.
U.S. East and U.S. West cruise visitors spent more on shore tours than on shopping and food and beverages. In contrast, European and Canadian cruise visitors spent a higher proportion of their daily expenditure on food and beverages and shopping than on shore tours.
Of those cruise visitors who stayed extra nights in Hawaii before or after their cruise, European visitors spent the most for lodging, followed by those from Canada, U.S. East and U.S. West.
Expenditure data were not available for visitors from Japan, China, Latin America, or Australia due to their small sample size in the survey.
Download a spreadsheet file of Tables 64 thru 67 (tbls64-67.xls)
- Table 64 2001 Cruise Ship Visitors
- Table 65 2002 Cruise Ship Visitors
- Table 66 2002 Total Cruise Ship Passengers by MMA
- Table 67 Per Person Per Day Spending by Category and by MMA
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