By Special To West Hawaii Today
Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:23 AM HST
Hawaii fans who watched ABC's "The Bachelorette" Jillian Harris bid aloha to Reid Rosenthal after their romantic date on Maui will be seeing a lot more of the Hawaiian Islands as season 5 of the romance reality show from Warner Horizon Television wraps up on Hawaii's Big Island in a two-hour season finale Monday.
"The feedback from viewers who watched the Maui episode has been incredible with many sharing their excitement about the beautiful scenery, the impressive diversity of activities, and how they now want to visit Hawaii," said John Monahan, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, the State of Hawaii's marketing agency for North America who had a major role in bringing this show to the islands. "Hawaii's Big Island will be a notable contrast with its rich lava landscape, and prominent beachfront resorts. Being home to all but two of the world's main climate zones, viewers will see just how huge, diverse and exciting the Big Island really is."
Harris and the final two bachelors -- Ed Swiderski and Kiptyn Locke -- find themselves on final dates that take them across the Big Island highlighted by an aerial tour of Kilauea volcano's active lava flows with Sunshine Helicopters, landing beside a secluded Hilo waterfall for a private barbecue with KapohoKine Adventures and discovering a remote black sand beach with Captain Zodiac Rafting Adventures.