There are some special traditions in Hawaii. People are very friendly to and always welcome visitors warmly. They give visitors a lei, a long necklace made of beautiful flowers. Men wear bright flowered shirts, and women often wear long flowered dresses. There are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Filipino holidays and all the holidays from the United States. They call Hawaii the Aloha States. Aloha means both hello and good-bye. It also means I love you.

Usually when people from different countries, races and traditions live together, there are serious problems. There are a few problems in Hawaii. However, in general, people have learned to live together in peace.

Hawaiians get most of their money from visitors, and most of the visitors come from the mainland and from Japan. There are also so many people living in Hawaii now that there are residential（居住的）areas where there used to be farms. Some of the big sugar and apple companies have moved to the Philippines, where they don’t have to pay workers as much money. The families of the first people who came from the U.S. mainland own the important banks and companies. Japanese are also buying or starting business.