By Anthony Sommer
tsommer@starbulletin.com
September 28, 2001
LIHUE, HI - Kauai's small retail stores are weathering the economic downturn following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
on the East Coast, Mayor Maryanne Kusaka said in a report to the County Council yesterday.
"It's not gangbusters but they're doing OK," Kusaka said.
In fact, that's pretty much the picture on Kauai.
"Our occupancy rates are stronger than Oahu and stronger than Maui," Kusaka said. She noted Kauai is
far less dependent on Japanese tourism than those two islands.
Hotel occupancy rates on Kauai normally range between 60 percent and 70 percent in the fall, the mayor noted.