In mild of the fires at the moment impacting the island of Maui, many distinguished figures together with actor and native Hawaiian Jason Momoa have informed vacationers to remain away. Nevertheless, some locals, together with Daniel Kalahiki, proprietor of meals truck Like Poke, have criticized these statements. Kalahiki stated that his truck is in Wailuku and wasn’t impacted by the fires, which have notably impacted Kula and Lahaina, in keeping with a report by Yahoo.com.

“Lahaina’s closed. We grieve for them, we cry for them, we do all the things we are able to for them, and it’ll by no means, ever be okay or be the identical,” Kalahiki stated. “However we nonetheless want the remainder of the island to be open so we are able to proceed to stay.”

He additionally insisted that native companies nonetheless want the assist from vacationers to remain open in mild of those tough instances and that statements by individuals like Momoa make issues worse.

“Jason Momoa, have enjoyable in your late-night reveals throwing spears together with your buddies, however what’re you guys going to do for us now?” he requested.

Kalahiki known as on vacationers to as an alternative plan their journeys responsibly and avoid Lahaina.