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Wildfires are a severe blow to Maui's tourism-based economy, but other iconic destinations have come back from similar disasters

Written by Rich Harrill, Research Professor of Hospitality and Tourism and Director, International Tourism Research Institute, University of South Carolina

Destroyed homes and buildings in Lahaina on Aug. 10, 2023, in the aftermath of wildfires on western Maui, Hawaii.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images

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