Australia of Hawaii at Introduction In spite of the differences that exist in regard to size, shape and distance to the continental mainland, islands are heavily dependent on transportation. Nations and transportation island entities can be remote, relying air and maritime faced with to connect them to other regions Small islands in particular are and populations, disadvantages owing to the sizes of their geographical areas susceptibility to natural disasters, fragile ecosystems and geographical major market centres (Abeyratne, 1999). islands of their limited resource base and production capabilities, the ability of to export primary products are low, while they rely heavily on the importation of capital and consumer goods (Kakazu, 2007). As a result of these disadvantages that are faced by small islands, tourism development has became an attractive and, sometimes, inevitable industry, as economic diversification remains limited (Rao, 2002) Hawaii, tourist arrivals outnumbered the local population by an approximate ratio of 6:1 in 2007, with nearly 7.5 million tourists visiting this Pacific archipelago (DBEDT, 2008). In islands, and particularly in archipelagos like Hawaii, tourism transportation needs to be addressed from different perspectives and scales such as: