Mak, James - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2015
about 1870 to 1940. Tourism began in Hawaii when faster and more predictable steamships replaced sailing vessels in trans …-Pacific travel. Governments (international, national, and local) were influential in shaping the way Hawaii tourism developed, from … government mail subsidies to steamship companies, local funding for tourism promotion, and America's protective legislation on …