Imminent announcement on Hawaii tourism as PR nightmare continues.
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Currently in the state of WA you can only get tested if you have symptoms. I’m not sure that will change before our scheduled trip in November. In addition, we have a flight on a Tuesday, which doesn’t allow enough time to get the results before we’re due to fly, and meet the time frame the governor has imposed. Sad, because we usually spend Thanksgiving there with family. Expect there are lots of people in that situation, so HI will not get a big rush of tourists to relive the economic pain. Appreciate you keeping us up to date on any changes.
Hi Lee.
Thanks. Yes we get the dilemma and hope this will get clarified and simplified soon.
Aloha
I dont know where you live in Washington but thats simply not true you can now get testing. Of course the White house just announced they are stopping the money sent to all states for testing so who knows. DONT BLAME IT ON WASHINGTON THE STATE THOUGH this is an effort that SHOULD be led by the federal government instead.
I find it interesting and actually pretty sad how the DOJ has been weaponized to go after stupid things like this. Is it constitutional? I don’t know is saving your life UN Constitutional? WHO does BARR think he is? HE does not get to DICTATE to any state what they should or should not do. They have threatened Governors and now as of yesterday they are cutting of the rest of the roadside testing. Testing is going to go right back to being VERY hard to get unless you show symptoms. Or its going to cost an arm and a leg.
I am sick of the ENTITLED people who post on here whining they cannot go to hawaii. Suck it up folks things are getting WORSE NOT BETTER That being said Mahalo
This is exciting news!!!! Looking forward to helping the economy in Kuaui!!! I look at it this way we are traveling August 8th so it will still be new and should not be a lot of other tourists making this time even more special. I have been looking at the different avenues for c0vid testing and I did see CVS does do a rapid testing. Now that I know Hawaii will be open when we go, I will be making phone calls.
THANK YOU Beat of Hawaii for being there for all of us travelers. You have given us all hope and piece of mind. Can’t wait to hear of more good news from you!!!😃🌴
Hi Pam.
Thank you!
Aloha.
Funny how you and many of your readers criticize Hawaii as though it’s the only place in the world being cautious. Look at New Zealand and many other countries doing the same. Swedish travelers are banned from visiting the other Scandinavian countries and some European countries. New York and New Jersey are following in Hawaii and Alaska’s footsteps in requiring quarantine of visitors from high-Covid states. So apparently Hawaii isn’t alone in wanting to protect its residents. Maybe YOU don’t care if our kupuna drop dead, but some of us value life over bucks and laying on a beach. I don’t know why you are trying to stir up bad feelings about Hawaii.
I think that Beat of Hawaii has been very fair in their reporting of the governor’s handling of the Covid-19 response. I very much appreciate their updates. Nobody wants your Kapuna to drop dead. I would be more sympathetic though if he hadn’t allowed thousands of protesters to roam through the streets of Honolulu without “soc. distancing”. Wonder how many of those were supposed to be quar antining?
Hi Curtis.
Thanks for that and your many comments. We appreciate it.
Aloha.
You are 100% correct. Some of the posts here show an incredible ignorance of what is going on in the rest of the US (can’t expect such people to know or care about the rest of the world). And the equation is very simple: if you don’t like the rules in Hawai’i, go play in Florida or some other state with 10x or 20x the death rate (and now a huge spike due to “opening”). The problem seems to be that too many people think of Hawai’i as a sort of Disneyland that exists for their pleasure. It’s an immature position but it fits with the “you can’t make me do anything” mentality that we’re seeing all over the mainland in response to this international crisis.
I am looking forward to returning home to Hawaii after living in Las Vegas for 30 years. I am so homesick. I miss friends and family!
Zuckerberg of Fakebook photographed recently playing on his $100 mil spread in Kaui- Did HIS family quar antine 14-days?
Thought so!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8456543/Mark-Zuckerberg-escapes-Hawaii-beach-family-big-brands-pull-advertising-Facebook.html
To paraphrase Leona Helmsley, rules are for little people. Markie has always believed he can make his own rules – and so far he has been able to. But why shouldn’t it work for him? It works for all the other plutocrats and people in power.
We were scheduled to be in Hawaii for our 25th Anniversary this year, and had to cancel do to the quar antine requirement. We have a timeshare there, and we’re really hoping for an extended vacation… Just not in one place! At this late date outside of a miracle, I do not see it happening… A disappointed Mahlo/ Aloha ! Dan R.
Hi Dan.
Thanks.
Aloha.
I think there a couple points that need to be considered. Last year Hawaii had 30,000 visitors arriving PER DAY. In addition, we are remote islands with limited hospital staff and resources. We can’t just send patients over a state border if we are at capacity. Everyone wants to open, but safely and not at the expense of the residents who have worked so hard to keep our cases low.
FYI – the governor just announced visitors would be welcome without a 14 day quar antine IF they present a negative COVID test within 3 days of arriving. This begins August 1. If you don’t have a negative test prior to arriving you will still be subject to the 14 day quar antine.
Aloha from the 9th island ! We here in Las Vegas are obviously hugely dependent on visitor travel to support our economy. We have reopened many hotels and restaurants and yes we have unfortunately seen a surge in cases. Tonight the governor of Nevada has mandated that everyone must wear a face mask in public at all times. If patrons to a business are not wearing a face mask, they can be refused service. Regardless of how you feel, your political affiliation, or your personal beliefs, we have all have to realize that based on past and current evidence, the disease is spread from close contact, person to person. This is something that can be managed, but we all have to participate. Frankly, just as in other areas of the USA, the public has become lax in following the FDA guidelines.Nobody knows what the outcome of all of this will be, but if we could all participate in not infecting each other it would really help. I am very anxious to return to Hawaii as I had to put off one of my vacations there this year due to the lockdown. However my vacation should never come at the risk of someone else’s life. Please respect all of the states mandates no matter where you are traveling.
Well put! But sadly there are far too many people who refuse to respect rules, at home or elsewhere. And now we have the contingent that thinks masks are some sort of wimpy statement, so they won’t wear them, and even on occasion ridicule or harass those who do. This crisis is certainly revealing a lot about the sort of society we live in. (From what I read in the UK media, it’s even worse there in terms of belligerent, even violent, non-cooperation.)
My son is a Marine stationed at Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. We haven’t seen him since last year and this November he will go on a six month deployment overseas. We were hoping to see him before deployment but given the circumstances with the pandemic we are losing hope that this will occur. As of right now the Marines are not allowed to leave the island unless on official assignment. That is a Marine Corps ruling, not from the state of Hawaii. What is the current state of housing for visitors in hotels, resorts and Air BnB’s? Are they open to the public, even with the 14 day quarantine?
Thank you for any relevant information that you can provide.
Hi Robert.
Some hotels are open and the rest should be returning starting August. Vacation rentals will open then too. If that didn’t answer your question, please restate it.
Aloha.