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Hawaii's tourism troubles mirror region's economic concerns

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SHOTLIST Honolulu - 9 November 2011 1. Wide of tourists walking towards pier to board boat 2. Various of tourists boarding boat 3. Mid of tourists sailing on boat 4. Mid of Chinese tourists disembarking boat to go into submarine 5. Close of tourist climbing down submarine opening 7. Pan from tour guide to tourists viewing underwater scenery from inside submarine 8. Mid of Chinese tourist Li Lin Yue taking photos 9. Tracking shot of underwater scenery 10. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Li Lin Yue, Chinese tourist in Hawaii: "This is among the world's top holiday destinations. A lot of people dream of coming here. That's why we wanted to come here, to see the beauty of Hawaii." Honolulu - 8 November 2011 11. Wide of people walking in park 12. Set up shot of APEC analyst Charles Morrison talking to man in conference room 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles Morrison, President of the East-West Center (education and research organisation promoting better relations between the US and Asia-Pacific region): "Still the majority of our visitor industry is from American mainland tourists travelling here. So a downturn in the economy has a big impact. Asia also could have a big impact right now, many of the patterns appear to be going up, and the appreciation of the currencies have of course made Hawaii a cheaper trip for many Asians." Honolulu - 9 November 2011 14. Various of submarine tours operations manager Mark Almaraz at tour kiosk 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Almaraz, submarine tours operations manager: "The most growth has been the Chinese market. Again we've seen about over a thirty percent increase in our Chinese market. We have seen a large increase just this year about what we had planned for the Chinese market. So again, we see the most growth in our Chinese market. The Japanese market, as we all know, has been impacted due to the tragedies associated with the tsunami. The Japanese market is on a comeback, they are rebounding." 16. Wide of beach Honolulu - 8 November 2011 17. Various of tents used by homeless people 18. Wide of homeless man with belongings in shopping trolley 19. Pan across protest march as protester blows shell to make noise 20. Mid of protesters marching and holding placards with photo of Kollin Elderts 21. Wide of Hawaii Convention Centre, pan down to protesters being escorted across road by police on bikes 22. Close of placard reading (English): "APEC kills", pan up to protester 23. Pan across protestors holding placards and chanting (English): "Justice for Kollin now, remember Kollin Elderts" 24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Carolyn Hadfield, anti-APEC protest leader: "This is one of our people, one of the Hawaii residents who has been killed at the hands of basically APEC. This was an APEC agent, agent of the US state department, and all of the evidence, the testimony is being concealed from the people." 25. Pan from Hadfield to other protesters STORYLINE As the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit got under way in the holiday spot of Honolulu, Hawaii, on Wednesday, there were signs that problems in the local tourist industry mirrored economic concerns across the Asia Pacific region. Tourists still flock to the beautiful US territory of Hawaii for its pristine beaches and underwater attractions, such as the Atlantis submarine, which takes tourists beneath the ocean from Hawaii's iconic Waikiki beach. Chinese tourist Li Lin Yue, a 27-year-old graduate student, was one visitor who was enchanted with Hawaii's beauty. But the economic downturn over the past few years has seen a dramatic fall in the largest group of tourists, mainland Americans, who find the pricey trip halfway across the Pacific increasingly hard to afford. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/047171b66accdbddaf38888f9790cd8e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork