After a dismal 2009 in which total visitors coming to Maui declined by 1.4% January saw a rebound. Over 159,000 people came to Maui in January, an increase of 2.4% over January 2009. Visitors from the western US increased 5.5% and for the first time in quite a while Japanese count was also up, though Japanese represented only 3% of all visitors. The Canadian impact continues to be large, up almost 14%.

Increasing tourism on Maui can only be good news for the Maui real estate market.