Mary Charles, in her Island Voices commentary, presses the panic button on Hawaii tourism, declaring that we are losing visitors and saying the solution is for our state to spend more money promoting Hawaii (“ Restore isles as world’s tourism leader ,” Star- Advertiser, Nov. 19). I don’t think so.

Charles also wants us to understand that “every visitor industry resort, the airlines, attractions, transportation and activity providers spend millions of dollars to promote and market the islands.” Exactly my point. There is no need to spend more of our tax dollars to promote what is already being tremendously promoted by the visitor industry.

Perhaps the reason fewer tourists are coming to Hawaii has more to do with the experience than a lack of promotion: very expensive, lack of aloha

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