'You're kind of raised to hate tourists': Maui fires fan tensions on Hawaiian island
Last Wednesday, a day after the wildfires, the county asked visitors to leave Lahaina and the island as a whole as soon as possible.
Officials soon urged people to avoid the island entirely, except for essential travel. "In the days and weeks ahead, our collective resources and attention must be focused on the recovery of residents and communities that were forced to evacuate," the Hawaii Tourism Authority said.
Many travellers heeded the advice. In the immediate aftermath of the fires, some 46,000 people left the island.
But thousands did not. Some ignored requests to leave Maui immediately, while others flew in after the fire - decisions that have angered some.
"If this was happening to your hometown, would you want us to come?" said resident Chuck Enomoto. "We need to take care of our own first."
They sure like the money from them though
When those are the only jobs available, what else would you have them do?
...so then if the tourists leave because they hate them so? Too many people have 0 logic
You don't seem to have much either.