'We need returning visitors and their smiling faces,' one local business owner said as the island works to recover.
, were inappropriate. With many tourists canceling planned trips, small businesses in Maui are hurting.
"The No. 1 way to support Maui during the crisis is to come back," said Javier Cantellops, who owns two dive companies in the area recently devastated by wildfires."That's real revenue and those are real wages, and I am just one company. Imagine multiplying that by 100," he said."We are very reliant on tourism and returning visitors, and taking that source of revenue away because of some tragedy that happened elsewhere is irresponsible.
"We have been very slow. But we still need tourists to come to the island. We need them so that we can support locals who were affected," Case told CBS MoneyWatch."We still have a nice beach and restaurants that tourists can support so we have enough money to support the others." Ryan Eareheart, who operates a farm in Maui, said restaurants have canceled their produce orders due to a lack of demand.The farm grows 100 varieties of fruits and vegetables across 35 acres, which it sells to wholesalers, restaurants and to the general public at its recently opened store as well as at a local farmer's market.
He also underlined the importance of tourists patronizing businesses that remain open on parts of the island that are unaffected by the fires.
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