Most important questions have multi-causal answers, without additional information I would guess that both "tourism is the economic engine" and "military bases

Most important questions have multi-causal answers, without additional information I would guess that both "tourism is the economic engine" and "military bases are the economic engine" are likely to be incorrect. Hawaiian GDP seems to have dropped ~8% in 2020 [1] where tourism spending plummeted let's say 50% [2]. I would expect that Hawaiian military payroll has stayed roughly fixed during the pandemic. This seems to put an upper bound on tourism at ~20% GDP. Quite high! You would not want to lose it, but not the sole engine of economic success. [1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187859/gdp-of-the-us-federal-state-of-hawaii-since-1997/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/187859/gdp-of-the-us-fed... [2]: https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/news/news-releases/2021/hawaii-visitor-statistics-released-for-june-2021/ https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/news/news-releases/20...