With its sweeping white sand beaches, perfectly curling blue-green surf, spectacular volcanoes, gently waving palm trees, friendly, unique culture, and balmy year-round weather, there are few more popular tourist destinations than Honolulu, Hawaii. One trip to Honolulu would relieve your stress just as well as six months of treatment at a Hamilton anxiety clinic. See what opportunities await job seekers in the travel and tourism sector in Honolulu.

How big, exactly, is the tourism sector in Honolulu? Well, 12% of business establishments in the city are in the accommodations business and if we look at employment figures, 21% of the workforce is employed in this sector. That's a lot of people checking Oakville dentists into their hotel rooms and giving water skiing lessons at private beaches. Accommodation represents the potential to make a sizeable amount of money, since 13% of the combined payroll in the city goes out to hotel employees.

If you want to open your own business when you move to Honolulu, tourism is your best bet for success. You'll have a struggle selling cars, even if you offer a car sweepstakes, but if you're selling accommodation, tours, trinkets, food, or lessons, you can get in on the $10 billion dollars that visiting tourists infuse into the Honolulu economy each year. You can even get help from the government of Hawaii when you go looking for workers, as they have a One-Stop Workforce Assistance program to match employers with employees.

The total number of people working in the tourism industry is over 60,000. If you look at the individual employment figures for men and women, for both genders tourism is the top ranked industry, with 14% of the workforce from each gender. This industry is your best bet if you're just moving here and are looking for a job. You'll probably make more money in tips while working in a Honolulu restaurant than you did in commissions for selling Toronto lofts when you were working as a realtor in Ontario.

For those who are looking for a job or looking for a location to open a business, the tourist mecca neighborhood is Waikiki. The area has seen over $300 million in improvements over the last ten years that focuses on the walkways, beaches, public areas, and businesses. So if you're an existing business owner in Waikiki, you might be able to get some help upgrading from leaded acrylic paint to enamel to improve the facade of your building.