There are some special traditions in Hawaii. People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a lei – a long necklace of beautiful fresh 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 U. S. They call Hawaii the Aloha State. 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, but in general, people have learned to live in peace. Hawaiians earn most of their money from travelers coming from the mainland and from Japan . There are so many people living in Hawaii now that there are residential areas where there used to be farms. Some of the big sugar and pineapple companies have moved to the Philippines , where they do not 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 here. From this passage we can infer that the author wants to show that .