Obama effect" has ruined our secluded Hawaii beach resort, say locals Each year since 2008 Mr Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12, have stayed in a luxurious $25,000-a-week holiday home, close to the pristine white sand beaches of Kailua on the island of Oahu. Lisa Marten, a member of the Kailua Neighbourhood Board, described a group of holiday-makers staying near her house and "doing drugs from morning till night." She told the Associated Press: "It doesn't feel like a neighbourhood when you don't know the people there. If there's any sort of safety issue, there's no one to ask for help because you don't know them. The board passed a motion in September calling on the Hawaii Tourism Authority to "stop promoting Kailua as a tourist destination and alternative to Waikiki," the most popular beach area in busy Honolulu. Earlier this year local resident Judy Bishop told Hawaii Business magazine: "The sheer volume of local people and tourists is overwhelming the infrastructure of Kailua." She said local people "love to have visitors, tourists" but added: "We can't fit a busload of tourists in there. We're being overwhelmed. The parking area, the little bridge, the narrow roads, it wasn't designed for tour buses. Mitch D'Olier, a property developer, told Hawaii Business the changes were good for the economy. Speaking in July, he said: "I am absolutely convinced it's the Obama effect. This is where the president comes when he comes home. They want to eat shave ice where he eats shave ice, and they want to walk on the beach where they've seen him walking with his daughters. He's an iconic figure who has been very good for Kailua at exactly the time we needed something. We were heading for recession.