Tourism on the Big Island has become the island's main economic force with most vacationers choosing destinations on the western coast around Kona where you can find many Big Island vacation rental homes, condos, hotels and resorts. - Read more

Information about vacation rentals of Big Island of Hawaii, lodging, accommodations, homes and condos of Hawaii Islands. - Read more

An informative guide to the big island of Hawaii that helps plan your vacation. With information about local activities, events, food, transport and island arts and culture. Also detailed guides about volcanoes national park, Kona, Hilo and Waimea. - Read more

Handcrafted shell, pearl, coral and Mgambo seed jewelry made on the Big Island of Hawaii. - Read more

Activities, tours, visitor information, shopping and things to do on the Big Island of Hawaii. - Read more

An informative guide to the big island of Hawaii that helps plan your vacation. With information about local activities, events, food, transport and island arts and culture. Also detailed guides about volcanoes national park, Kona, Hilo and Waimea. - Read more

An island filled with beautiful beaches, whole days of great weather and the chance to kick back and relax... that is what Hawaii is to most people. There is also another can we say intriguing side to Hawaii and that is the fact that it is full of volcanoes.

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Big Island Hawaii's "Kona" coast, (the dry west side), is the most popular destination. It offers accommodations and activities catering to the pure pursuit of FUN! Snorkeling, diving, kayaking and deep-sea fishing being the most popular.

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NFL players to host youth clinics in Kona and Keaau

NFL Football Players and NFL Cheerleaders will be holding Youth Clinics for Big Island intermediate and high school students in East and West Hawaii.

Home prices drop

By PETER SUR Tribune-Herald staff writer Median home prices fell across the island in 2011 to their lowest level in years. Data compiled by the Hawaii Information Service show that the median sale price of a Big Island home fell by 4.9 percent to $242,500 in 2011, compared with the previous year. But that number varies by district, with median prices ranging from a high in North Kohala of $470 ...

Big Island home prices fell in 2011

BY PETER SUR | STEPHENS MEDIA HILO -- Median home prices fell across the island in 2011 to their lowest level in years. Data compiled by the Hawaii Information Service show that the median sale price of a Big Island home fell by 4.9 percent to $242,500 in 2011, compared with the previous year.

Hawaii, The Big Island Makes Lonely Planet’s List Of Top U.S. Travel Destinations: Hawaii Named One of Ten Best U.S ...

Hawaii, the Big Island has been recognized as one of the Top 10 U.S. Travel Destinations for 2012 by the editors of Lonely Planet, the only Hawaiian Island to make the list compiled by one of the world’s leading travel publishers. (PRWeb January 09, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9090704.htm

Big Wednesday on Big Island

Click the image to view gallery 4- TO 6-FOOT WAVES ROLL IN, FEW INJURIES REPORTED BY CHELSEA JENSEN WEST HAWAII TODAY cjensen@westhawaiitoday.com West Hawaii's beaches were abuzz Wednesday as the first swells of the winter season rolled in. Calvin Cerrone, 11, having waited months for some good surf to hit the Big Island's shores, spent the afternoon at Honls surf spot in Kailua-Kona riding ...

Hawaii's three national historic parks on the Big Island blend folklore with natural beauty

Connections to nature are just part of the attraction of three national historical parks on the west coast of Hawaii's Big Island. Each of the parks was created to interpret and preserve Hawaiian history and culture.

January 2012 Disc Golf Events: The Big Island Open in Pahoa, Hawaii

How does a game of disc golf in the beautiful Hawaiian Islands sound? While the winter has technically just started, up here in the Pacific Northwest a little sun and tropical paradise sound pretty nice right about now. The Big Island Open will be played near Pahoa, Hawaii, a town...

Big Island, Hawaii Home Sales Up, Prices Down in November

Home sales on the Big Island saw double-digit gains in November, but prices lagged behind last year, according to data from the Hawaii Information Service.

Big Island rents down

By JOHN BURNETT Tribune-Herald staff writer A newly released study shows that monthly residential rents are decreasing on the Big Island, while the rest of the state is posting increases. The 2011 Hawaii Housing Planning Study, commissioned by a consortium of state and county housing agencies and conducted by SMS Research & Marketing Services in Honolulu, placed median monthly rents in Hawaii ...

Rent going down on Big Island

BY JOHN BURNETT | STEPHENS MEDIA HILO -- A newly released study shows that monthly residential rents are decreasing on the Big Island, while the rest of the state is posting increases. The 2011 Hawaii Housing Planning Study, commissioned by a consortium of state and county housing agencies and conducted by SMS Research & Marketing Services in Honolulu, placed median monthly rents in Hawaii ...