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And yet, people apparently are moving to Hawaii in droves to escape the madness on the mainland. It is frightening here. Keep safe.
Lynn s who is Moving to hawaii in droves? Sounds off. Must be the rich or your not looking at the statistics??
Donate! Food banks, etc. in Hawaii would so appreciate it in this time of stress and emergency. hawaiifoodbank.org/donate
If you really love Hawaii, help Hawaiian people get enough to eat.
File civil lawsuits petitions and complaints. The Hawaiian people need to get off thier a** and do something about thier own state govt problems. No more abusing tourists and no more hypocrisy in Hawaiian govt ftw!
Just keep voting for corrupt Democrats and wonder why nothing gets better. Keeping you in poverty is part of the plan. Hatred of tourists, and blaming them for your problems, is just a perk.
Don’t think I’ll be back until my money, my manners, and my respect, are appreciated.
Good to see you are finally acknowledging there is a problem.
I’m so confused. What does this have to do with democrats or republican? there are only so many ICU beds on Hawaii. It takes a long time to get anywhere else. Have some respect for your own life as well as the people of the islands.
Sorry you’re confused, but de facto one-party (Democrat) rule has not only produced a woefully ineffective pandemic response by Hawaii (please remember, under our form of government, responses to civil emergencies are a state responsibility, not a federal responsibility), but with an added bonus of plunging hundreds of thousands of Hawaiians into poverty, and exposing the hatred locals feel for tourists. Great work Governor. That’s quite the trifecta. Hope that clears it up.
Gosh, it’s so much better on the mainland, with 300,000 dead. And a ruined economy. At least most Hawaiians are hugely more safe.
If that makes you feel better, knock yourself out. Doesn’t change in the least the self-inflicted crises Hawaii is facing at present. Of course, Hawaii is clearly the least of your concerns…
Don’t understand that comment. My daughter lives there. If you care about Hawaii, buy things online, donate to food bank. I miss her terribly. But I am happy she is in a place that is safer than the mainland.
I cancelled my trip this year to Kauai due to the restrictions placed on tourists and heavy handed treatment by residents and authorities. Further, I had no way to be certain I could obtain a Covid test result within 72 hours of arrival. I also read the negative comments made by some residents toward visitors. Feeling unwanted even though I too love Hawaii and have been there many times, was hurtful. Despite this, I have rescheduled a visit to Kauai for late next year. I hope the Aloha spirit will again be there.
Most residents feel resentful because we feel Mainlanders potentially bring more Covid into our islands where we have VERY limited hospital space. We can’t understand why people can’t just be patient and wait. I cancelled a long-awaited trip to Japan (my first to my ancestral home) and I feel ZERO resentment that Japan is not allowing me in. I am perfectly willing to wait til next year or even the next, despite my advanced age. No biggie. And yet we hear you tourists whine and nag about coming here as though you’re being tortured to wait. My goodness. Yes, unfortunately Hawaii depends on the tourist income, but it’s our call. I don’t blame our leaders for any mistakes they make because HELLO, it’s an unprecedented catastrophe and no one should pretend to know what exactly to do: whether to protect the residents health, or economies.
I’m so sorry you on the Mainland must suffer without your Hawaiian vacations this year. First world problem!! Yes, our residents will suffer without the income, but hopefully many will learn from this, including our legislators learning that we should not depend so much on tourism.
Please be patient. BTW, Hawaii people love to travel too. Many are like you undisciplined, impatient souls and have gone to Vegas (a local favorite destination) and come back with Covid. I just learned that an aquaintance recently died after arriving home from Vegas with Covid. So yes, it’s not only the tourists that we shake our heads at…it’s our own neighbors who are so impatient and willing to risk their lives and those of others. (Risking your life is fine with me, but you know you’re bound to infect others!).
Insulting mainlanders is a great approach and guarantees that we won’t return even when the virus situation is resolved. Personally I am understanding, but once you start insulting me I am done. I’ll take my $10K and my family and go to Italy when it reopens. Congratulations on alienating us. And your legislators should indeed diversify from tourism, because with comments like this you won’t have many folks to support that industry any longer.
I agree John. Some Hawaiians are impatient and self centered just like the tourists they insult. It might be a different culture and opinions. However it does not give anyone the right to start publically insulting and discrimination with policy and Otherwise on social media towards tourists or any group of people.
If the mainland still did that we would still have lynchings in the south maybe and slavery etc. martin luther king etc. what about the japenese camps in hawaii during ww2. If hawaii cant or doesnt want to be part of the us then cut off Federal funding for social programs and only pay military and other essential services.
Certainly,no COVID problem in Italy!
Learn to read. I said when the crisis is resolved. Public school apparently failed you.
So true, you are right about that.
Im waiting sure, even though covid is an excuse to expand rather than dial back tourism. Hawaii can be marketed as the great escape and use the tourist money to fund vaccines treatment ventilators and extra beds.
Put the national guard and military there to work too staffing help and assist with hotel maintenence etc. get casinos in hawaii up and running. Use any covid deaths as a kick in the pants to diversify and improve hawaii education and economic engine.
Will hawaii do this? No, never. Too stupid and Lazzies faire ( i cant spell this) local attitude will get many more killed or homeless than covid could. Just the homeless alone i think the numbers might be half the entire country,s covid deaths. Residents and locals living in hawaii the time is now…carpe diem!
Just a heads up flying to Hawaii!
We arrived in Kauai last week with our negative test results in hand from CVS and found out we took the test one day to early! Has to be Test Day 72 hours before departure Not Test Results as it says on the website. We would not have received our test results till we were on the plane.( you would not know if your P/N) We have the option to stay here quarantined for 14 days in our condo or fly home. I am taking option “B” the two couples in line behind us took option “A“ till their test results come in. You get a QR code on your phone from the state website. You can not rent a car or get a room without it. Food has to be brought in, no going out at all. Police Random check on you. If your outside up to 5k fine and jail time. I wanted to have your back so be careful coming over. The Approved testing places are almost at capacity (sound filmier). 22 years of travel around the world and this is the first bad trip ever. Respectfully G.
Dear TJ, All you have to say is true except the ending. Hawaii is ours. Tourists/visitors are just that “visitors”. Locals are loving, generous people. We love sharing our home with the rest of the world. It is those pervasive mainland type thoughts that our home doesn’t belong to only us that rub locals the wrong way. Please come, visit, enjoy! Then go back to the place that belongs to you.
Many Locals will soon be homeless or on the street. Especially with that attitude spend money come here and leave. Biting the hand that feeds you isnt a good strategy for anyone.
Plenty of people been laid off already its just a matter of time till people start loosing everything and hawaii plunges deeper into the black hole. Callous and uncaring garbage from hawaii does not score points with the rest of usa when you need to come visit family here etc.
Suck it up people and put that aloha on hold till you actually mean it!
Rs public school lesson here. only private property belongs to local native Hawaiians or anyone else for that matter.
The island itself is not owned by the Hawaiian people in any way. It does not belong to anyone. Its a state. Its not a respect issue its a cultural issue and ignorance on reality.
This would be our 23rd year to the Big island, usually 3-4 months, a 4 month trip puts $40,000 into the economy. We are booked but because we in Canada are not on the “approved” test list, and the local feeling about tourists we may cancel, as it’s just too much hassle and doesn’t sound like fun anymore. We are in our 80’s
Russ
You should not be traveling now. Why not live a little longer? Stay home, take care.
Thinking seriously of cancelling my 37th trip to Hawaii, 17 days long, nov 7th. Got sick over testing misinformatiin. Have a clia approved test, naat, as i have screen photoed so many times before…only to transform into the confused message so many of your subscribers have described, “trusted partnets only”!
Literally had to go to doc for aggravation, and argued with husband over miscommunication….he said , not our fault, go with origins of naat plus clia approved, and ask for mercy!
Will not work…bad taste now for Islands….conditioned reflex!
Give me a reason not to cancel! 70 plus and tech options also alludes me!
Thousands of lost hawaiian revenue to go elsewhere if solution dies not rise up.
Hi Jeanne.
We know from your 20 comments over the past 2 1/2 years that you have been a visitor here in Hawaii for perhaps 30 years. Hope it will work out for you to visit again. We understand it has been very confusing, for you as well as for us here. And we say that dealing with this every day. We’re very sorry for that, but also it is just the state of the world at the moment. Maybe it would be easier to plan for once the islands have been successfully open for a few months.
Aloha.
We are so disappointed that we are not going to be able to return to Kona, have our tickets and a Dr Prescription to get the covid test and that still doesn’t seem to be enough. We practice all the rules and we don’t want to get Covid either but we know we have to go on living life. We own a home there and want to go back to it. Please change your mind and at least let us try to make a difference in Hawaii’s economy.
Valerie D
donate! Help Hawaiian families get enough to eat. hawaiifoodbank.org/donate/
As a part time resident on Maui it saddens me to hear about our beloved island. We went to Maui on our honeymoon and travelled there every year after falling in love with the beauty and splendor and of course the Aloha spirit. We purchased our home in 2006 and have loved every second we get to spend and pass on the aloha spirit to friends, family and our children as well. I have respected the islands and it’s people because even though we are residents we are still visitors. We need Hawai’i and Hawai’i needs us. Let’s all pull together and make Hawai’i wonderful again.