VII. Tourism Hotspots

A “hotspot” is an area or site that attracts visitors due to its popularity, which may result in overcrowding, congestion, degradation of resources, safety hazards, and a negative experience for both residents and visitors.

While HTA is not an enforcement agency, it can be a catalyst to bring together respective state and county agencies, the community and private sector to develop solutions that address hotspot sites and areas.

HTA reviewed the community’s input from the surveys and community meetings, in addition to feedback from the county, KVB, and Kaua‘i Steering Committee. Below are the hotspot areas and sites that HTA will monitor together with the respective agencies as needed to help mitigate issues.

Other areas and sites were identifed, but the locations of utmost concern are:

• Polihale State Park (accessibility)

• Kōke‘e and Waimea Canyon

• Nāpali and Kalalau Trail (access and safety)

• Salt Pond Beach Park and surrounding area

• North Shore

– From Hanalei Bridge to the end of the road at Ke‘e Beach (capacity)

– Hanalei Bay (access)

– Ke‘e Beach (access and capacity)

– Hā‘ena (access and capacity)

– Hanakāpī‘ai

– Anini Beach

• Po‘ipū Beach (safety)

• Queen’s Bath (access and safety)

• Kapa‘a (trafc)

• Old Kōloa town (parking)

• Wailua River State Park