It appears Attorney General Chin did not study the visitor statistics published by the state’s Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) before asserting his claim that the travel ban has any significance vis-a-vis tourism in Hawaii.

The countries cited in the travel ban, are not listed as a major market area (MMA) due to the numerical insignificance of the visitors coming from that area.  The smallest major market area is Europe.  It produced a grand total of 12,119 visitors through April 2017.  By comparison, the major market areas, which include US West, US East, Japan and Canada produced a total of 2,573,295 visitors in the same timeframe.  Given that the Europe MMA produces less than one-half of one percent of the other MMA’s, I think it safe to assume that the travel ban had no measurable/statistical impact on Hawaii’s economy or travel industry.