Tourism in Waikiki Hawaii The population of Hawaii is roughly 1.4 million and most inhabitants reside in Oahu. About one fifth of the population list at least 2 races, and this makes Hawaii the most varied state in the United States. In this state, 25% of the inhabitants are Caucasian, 9% are Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 9% are Latino, and 40% are Asian American (Craig & Osorio, 2010). In this paper, the purpose is to provide a discussion as to whether when people promote a notion of an authentic, traditional Hawaiian culture they are doing the same thing as the people in Waikiki, that is, producing a notion of Hawaiian culture which ignores political/economic/historical/social context in order to create a positive economic outcome for themselves. The paper also discusses whether this notion of Hawaiian culture is authentic and the reason why