Since it's legal, there are not the hassles of deciding which consenting party might be the undercover law enforcement official before the fun can commence. Commerce in negotiable affection is semi-officially zoned in most towns and cities and is openly advertised. Police routinely check establishments for evidence of trafficking, coercion, illegal residents, underage providers, or dangerous conditions, but this is more for prevention of harm than for prosecution. Occasionally, a trafficker is caught and put in the slammer, but there are few of these and thus this is rare. The tax man stops by to ensure that Madame Angela gets her cut of the proceeds. Customers are not harassed.

Because providing is legal and open there is much less opportunity for ripoffs and the providers are considerably more safe from violence, extortion, pimping and such than they are here where activities must be hidden.

The city of Dresden, for example, offers practical advice to prostitutes in German, English, Czech, and Bulgarian through downloadable Pdfs that covers zoning, rules, taxes, dangers, and recourse to help for problems.

All in all, the relations between the oldest profession and the rest of society are handled in a civilized manner.

Most of the action in Hawaii is on the island of Oahu, in Honolulu and Waikiki, but there are some legit providers on Maui too. It's a lot harder to find anything on the other islands (although occasionally  there is someone in Kona, or on Kauai)

The biggest thing in Honolulu are AMPs. There is a lot of discussion on them, on some other boards. Some folks rave about them, but I am not much of an amp guy myself so I can't comment on them as to the quality of how they compare to amps in other locations. The other poster from Hawaii (TwasBrillig) probably knows more than me about them.

The streetwalkers in Waikiki are some of the best looking streetwalkers I have seen anywhere...but they're still streetwalkers lol. The value is not there as far as service vs rates. I haven't partaken in the SW scene for over a decade (but it is tempting sometimes if you are walking in Waikiki and see how good some of them look), but I did get my start in hobbying that Waikiki SW scene, many years ago.

As for the escort scene, it definitely exists but there are not that many, (example eros ads for hawaii currently are 18 compared to about 200 for LA and 300 for LV) as the market here is not that big. There are a few exceptional ladies, some mediocre and some bad ones. Ads are found on eros, cv, and bp, and occasionally here on the “other cities” ad board.. Some mainland ladies come through on tours. Some come only once, and others continue to return so they must do well. The local ladies that are highly reviewed usually move on to bigger market scenes. There are some famous top escorts in some big cities that got their start in Hawaii. I believe the market here isn't big enough to maintain a good escort business long term. So the touring ladies do well since they are here a short time, and the good local ladies do well for a while but then they run out of customers, so they move on. There is a limited local and military client base, and while there are some tourist clients, since tourism is huge in Hawaii, it is not the same kind of tourist clientèle as some other tourist economy towns. As a friend from Vegas once told me, “Vegas has a lot of guys coming here with their buddies, but I can't imagine going to Hawaii without the wife tagging along,” So true. A lot of the tourists are retired couples, honeymooners, and families.