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How a vacation to Hawaii can be relaxing for tourists -- and harmful to its residents
CNN
Hawaii's reliance on tourism has resulted in Native Hawaiians getting priced out of their homes and havoc on the natural landscape. Activists say if visitors to Hawaii decenter themselves and instead take with them respect and a willingness to learn, Hawaii may be preserved for the people who have called it home for centuries.
But as it exists now, the powerful tourism industry dictates the lives of Native Hawaiians, often for the worse, said Kyle Kajihiro, a lecturer at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and activist for the rights of Native Hawaiians.
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