I bristle when I hear greedy corporate executives say that we need more tourism.  When the Moana Hotel opened in 1901, we had 3,000 tourists, just 2% of the population of residents.  The residents of O'ahu have been pushed out of their beach parks and recreational areas by the almost 9 million tourists that visit every year.  The City allows the commercialization of these areas to the detriment of the residents, as well as allows thousands of illegal short-term rentals in our residential neighborhoods.  This places a terrible burden on Oahu’s residents and residential neighborhoods, especially in light of the billions of dollars in expenses we must shoulder in fixing our sewer, water, roads, and other infrastructure.  Growth for growth's sake in the medical world is a cancer cell.  Hawai'i needs to shrink its tourism numbers, not expand them.  The public backlash against the tourist horde will only get worse, especially when we've run out of water for our children to drink.