{"id":12373059,"date":"2025-12-25T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/?p=12373059"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:27:27","slug":"hawaii-travel-kauai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/25\/hawaii-travel-kauai\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii travelers, don’t sleep on Kauai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawaii is one of the most visited destinations in the world, with nearly 10 million tourists each year, and the winter (along with summer) ranks among the best time to vacation here in large part because you can trade gloomy overcast days for near-constant sunshine.<\/p>\n