Tourism

...Fully one-third of our economy has evaporated. We need to rectify this, at least partially, immediately....

...Hawaii has a 5,000 test per day capacity, yet access to testing is restricted and day after day only a few hundred tests are performed....

“I encourage state leaders to move at the speed of the virus and establish a contact tracing program that is fully operational as soon as possible. There’s simply not any time left, but there is plenty of money to get this done,” said Senator Schatz....

...that'll stop the virus....

...He Says Hawai’i Shouldn't Have To Rely On Ineffective Post-Arrival Quarantine....

...there is no such thing as non-essential business when it comes to generating jobs and taxes for the state....

... measures that must be taken now before "irreparable damage" is done to Hawaii's economy ....

...Friday’s ruling says the agencies must bring 23 national parks into compliance with commercial air tour regulations.... 

...To rebuild tourism the Governor should amend his emergency order to exempt from quarantine any visitor who can show a negative COVID test....

...FROM THE HONEYMOON SUITE TO CELL BLOCK....

...New petition urges lifting of lockdown so Hawaii residents can get back to work....

...A total of 434,856 visitors traveled to Hawaii....

...Hawai‘i Tourism Authority surveys found resident attitudes about tourism becoming more negative as the number of visitors increased....

...If the person refuses to provide a phone number that can be answered on the spot, law enforcement is contacted and they are subject to citation and arrest....

...When asked why the cases tied to the restaurant had not been disclosed earlier, Hauptman said that the incident had proven not to warrant public concern....

...The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on many of America’s “non-essential” industries....

...HDOT Airports Division has notified tenants of Dillingham Airfield the termination of their permit at the facility has been rescinded due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic....

...Safe Hotels, Safe Hawaii Operational Guidelines for Safe Hotel Operations in Pandemic Conditions....

...Hawaiian Airlines March and First Quarter 2020 Traffic Statistics Reflect Effects of COVID-19....

...HTA is a destination management organization and not strictly a destination marketing organization....

...The Hawaii Legislature suspended its 2020 session in early March because of the coronavirus situation, but eventually it will get back to business....

...The Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) has announced that the Honolulu Zoo was granted accreditation by AZA’s independent Accreditation Commission....

...Herd Immunity or Containment through Test and Trace?....

...life before COVID....

...the job count will average 11% lower than 2019 for the year as a whole, and real income will be more than 3% lower. Visitor arrivals for the year will be down an astounding 41%....

...More than one in four jobs in Nevada, Hawaii and Wyoming are at risk....

"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."

...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....

...Governor Ige’s 14-day quarantine announcement may feel like a health precaution, but it's really a tourism marketing plan....

“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”

...This plan identifies three levels of risk: 1) Limited community transmission, 2) Sustained community transmission, 3) Widespread community transmission....

..."In order for it to not just ravage our community and start having massive community spread, we need to stop people bringing it into the state"....

...All classes of Hawai‘i hotel properties statewide reported higher RevPAR and ADR in February compared to a year ago....

...A public request to enact stronger measures of social distancing across Hawaiʻi....

...per visitor, per stay charges the money from which goes to protect and preserve the environment....

...Testimony on proposed minimum-wage increase....

...In the past two weeks, things have changed markedly, and a SARS-type V-shaped path is now too optimistic.... 

...the Department of Taxation, is behind a few of them....

...February 26-29: Nawiliwili, Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo....

...“We should hold off on ‘nice-to-have’ projects like construction at Blaisdell Center and focus on fiscal prudence,” said Pine....

...The average daily census of total visitors in the Hawaiian Islands on any given day in January was 269,421, up 2.0 percent....

...In January 2020, the total monthly supply of statewide vacation rentals was 797,300 unit nights....

...While visitor arrivals racked up another record year in 2019, real visitor spending fell last year as international spending languished. And now the coronavirus rears its ugly head....

...Experienced aviators Rick Rogers and Bill Enoka have been identified as the two killed at Dillingham Airfield Saturday, February 22, 2020, when their Cessna crashed on takeoff.  Captain Rogers forwarded this letter to media outlets Wednesday, February 19, 2020.... 

...Airplane in deadly Mokuleia crash involved in another incident 7 years ago....

...Will 2020 be the year of an Hawaii Airport Corporation?....

...the U.S. Army got unexpected news from the DOT on Jan. 23....

...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....

...FAA bosses twice denied him travel authorizations to visit the helicopter company, making it next to impossible to perform adequate FAA oversight....

...House Bill 2728 implements a $5 surcharge for all overseas flights except for interisland travel....