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State losing thousands because Pali Lookout tourists don't see parking fee signs
Posted: May 15, 2013 9:09 PM PDT Updated: May 15, 2013 10:06 PM PDT
By Keoki Kerr
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
Two years after the state began charging tourists $3 to park at the Pali Lookout, Hawaii News Now found many visitors aren't paying the fee because they don't know they're supposed to pay or they can't understand English when attendants ask them to pay.
During an hour and 15 minutes Wednesday morning, Hawaii News Now observed at least a dozen groups of tourists who did not pay for parking at a blue-colored automated kiosk that takes credit cards. At that rate, state taxpayers and the concessionaire could be losing as much as $87,000 a year in revenue. Hawaii residents do not pay to park at the Pali and tour buses and vans pay flat monthly rates based on the size of their vehicles.
Kitty and Freddy Vaughn, visiting from Chickamauga, Georgia, had no idea they were supposed to pay to park at the Pali until a parking attendant stopped them.
"We didn't see any signs and didn't notice the little kiosk over there either until he stopped us and told us we needed to pay," Kitty Vaughn said.
More: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22266125/state-losing-thousands-because-pali-lookout-tourists-dont-see-parking-fee-signs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HawaiiNewsNow-News+%28Hawaii+News+Now+-+News%29
By Keoki Kerr
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
Two years after the state began charging tourists $3 to park at the Pali Lookout, Hawaii News Now found many visitors aren't paying the fee because they don't know they're supposed to pay or they can't understand English when attendants ask them to pay.
During an hour and 15 minutes Wednesday morning, Hawaii News Now observed at least a dozen groups of tourists who did not pay for parking at a blue-colored automated kiosk that takes credit cards. At that rate, state taxpayers and the concessionaire could be losing as much as $87,000 a year in revenue. Hawaii residents do not pay to park at the Pali and tour buses and vans pay flat monthly rates based on the size of their vehicles.
Kitty and Freddy Vaughn, visiting from Chickamauga, Georgia, had no idea they were supposed to pay to park at the Pali until a parking attendant stopped them.
"We didn't see any signs and didn't notice the little kiosk over there either until he stopped us and told us we needed to pay," Kitty Vaughn said.
More: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/22266125/state-losing-thousands-because-pali-lookout-tourists-dont-see-parking-fee-signs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HawaiiNewsNow-News+%28Hawaii+News+Now+-+News%29