The journey to reopen Hawaii tourism to trans-Pacific vacationers has been a protracted one already. Now, we’re lower than two weeks away from the beginning of the much-anticipated pre-travel testing plan and yet one more roadblock is being proposed.
Are you sitting down?
The mayors of Kauai and Maui counties are pushing the next additions above and past the pre-travel testing for his or her counties:
- Arriving guests with proof of a adverse pre-travel take a look at go instantly into quarantine for 72 hours. The place of quarantine would both be restricted to a resort room or at a geo-fenced resort bubble.
- No before 72 hours after arrival, guests might take a second take a look at. The second take a look at is proposed to be a speedy take a look at.
- If the second take a look at is adverse, the customer is launched from quarantine.
This idea is being referred to as “two-step testing” and “sandwich testing.”
The mayors of Kauai and Maui counties are the one ones that we’ve particularly heard saying they need this two-step testing plan. It’s potential that the mayors of Hawaii (Large) Island and Oahu share an analogous sentiment, however we’ve not heard them say that. In a Maui News article, Maui Mayor Victorino says, “Many people mayors would favor a second take a look at, particularly for trans-Pacific arrivals.” In the event you’d like to listen to Kauai and Maui mayors clarify extra about this sandwich-style testing, you’ll be able to watch these video briefings:
- Kauai
- Maui (Quick ahead to about 19 minutes into the video for the sandwich testing a part of the dialogue.)
Every island is establishing its personal restrictions and laws relating to inter-island and trans-Pacific vacationers. It’s all changing into a tangled mess, fairly frankly. It’s going to be extraordinarily troublesome for vacationers to determine the completely different guidelines for the completely different islands to be able to adjust to them.
From the skin, it seems that there are energy struggles happening between county and state-level leaders. It’s not a superb look. When the unique announcement was made to open tourism with a pre-travel testing program, everybody was gung-ho and supportive of the plan. Right here’s a KHON phase titled County mayors agree pre-travel testing play key to resuming tourism.
So, right here we’re twelve days away from the beginning of the pre-travel testing program and as soon as once more uncertainty surrounds the plans.
Would you be keen to journey to Hawaii within the newly proposed circumstances?
