A debate rages over Maui’s planned Oct. 8 reopening to tourism, two months after historic wildfires destroyed much of the area, as efforts intensify to keep the island’s economy afloat even as many mourning residents say it’s too soon.
“Our community is definitely divided,” Mika, a manager at Second Wind Surf Sail Surf and Kite in Maui, told The Epoch Times. “There are a lot of people still in mourning and others worried that they are going to lose their temporary housing. It is still difficult.
