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Maui County’s hotel revenue per available room, known as RevPAR, was $ 439 in August 2021, up 43.6% from pre-pandemic August 2019, according to the latest Hawaii hotel performance report from Hawaii Tourism Authority.
The average daily rate (ADR) for hotel rooms in Maui County in August 2021 was $ 596, 52% more than two years ago. However, the occupancy rate fell by 4.3% compared to August 2019 and was 73.6% in August 2021.
In August, passengers arriving from another state were able to bypass the state’s mandatory 10-day self-quarantine if they were fully vaccinated in the United States or had a valid negative COVID-19 NAAT test result from a trusted testing partner prior to their departure through the Safe Travels program.
In Hawaii, the midsummer season ends in August, tourism slows down in September, and children go back to school. It is not clear what impact Hawaii Governor David Ige‘s urge on August 23 had on travelers to restrict non-essential travel until the end of October 2021 – due to the increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, which overwhelm the health of the state care system.
Maui’s luxury resort region of Wailea had a RevPAR of $ 642 (+ 12.8% vs. 2019), with an ADR of $ 913 (+ 45.9% vs. 2019) and an occupancy rate of 70.3 percent (-20, 6 percentage points vs. 2019).
The Lahaina / Kaanapali / Kapalua region had a RevPAR of USD 375 (+ 50.8% compared to 2019), an ADR of USD 491 (+ 50.7% compared to 2019) and an occupancy rate of 76.3 percent (+ 0.1 Percentage points compared to 2019).
Hotels in Hawaii reported RevPAR and ADR nationwide, which were higher in August 2021 than two years earlier, but occupancy was lower in August 2021 than in August 2019, when tourism was booming in Hawaii and no one had heard of COVID-19.
The nationwide RevPAR in August 2021 was USD 261 (+ 6.9% vs. 2019), with an ADR of USD 355 (+ 22.5% vs. 2019) and an occupancy rate of 73.4 percent (-10.7% Percentage points vs. 2019).
“The peak summer season ended with August revenue and room rates for the Hawaii hotel industry remaining strong nationwide compared to August 2019,” said John De Fries, president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. “However, the surge in COVID-19 cases and subsequent hospital stays from the Delta variant is a reminder that we are still in a fluid situation as we approach the seasonally slower autumn travel season.”
The report’s findings were based on data compiled by STR, Inc., the largest and most comprehensive survey of hotel real estate in the Hawaiian Islands. In August, the survey included 142 properties with 45,886 rooms, or 85% of all properties and 85.6% of operated 20 or more room properties in the Hawaiian Islands, including full-service, limited-service and condominiums. Vacation rentals and timeshare properties were not included in this survey.
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