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Hawaii tourism sprang from downtown saloon
2015-04-05 14:58:11| Airlines - Topix.net
How is that possible? While searching through material about the 125-year-old Royal Saloon building for this column, it became evident that liquor actually gave tourism its start in Hawaii. As background, in 1862 the Hawaiian government officially permitted the sale of ardent spirits after many years of typically unheeded suppression.
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