Economic ebb tide hits Hawaii's tourism industry hard

Election day is right around the corner and for this reason politics is the topic of every one's conversation.

USA Today posted an article discussing Hawaii's fall in tourism rates, which goes hand-in-hand with the nation's economic downfall. The article states that before the economic crisis even hit, Hawaii estimated a decrease in the number of visitors and the money they would contribute to the state. This decline did in face occur, and it was worse than expected.

"The decline was the largest year-over-year drop ever," said Marsha Wienert, Hawaii's tourism liaison.

The article interviews both Democrats and Republicans on their viewpoints. There are pros and cons mentioned for both Barack Obama and John McCain. The two presidential candidates both posses ties to Hawaii.

Personally I feel as though just about every person is currently being affected by our economic recession. The fact that this recession goes hand-in-hand with the presidential election is both fortunate and unfortunate at the same time for Obama and McCain.

I do think that we are going to recover from this economic recession, but it will not be any time soon. For this reason, Hawaii is going to face, personally, a harder economic downfall than perhaps any other state.