Tourism

...Bill 48 elevates the exemption threshold of home repairs from $1,000 to $5,000....

...Pre-travel testing enables travelers to avoid a mandatory 14-day quarantine if they are tested no earlier than 72 hours before their flight arrives....

...Pilot Program testing sites for exclusive travel between neighbor island counties (e.g. Maui-to-Kauai, Kauai-to-Big Island), with the possibility of including O‘ahu interstate travel once the surge in cases subsides....

...Carlson, Castillo and Lamboy were contacted at the Kahului airport by Officers of the Maui Police Department.  While filling out their travel forms, screeners discovered they had reservations at a non-approved location....

...These notices only represent announcements by companies in the state that have 100 or more employees....

...How Many Visitors Are Coming to Hawaii During this Pandemic? Making Sense of Hawaii’s Visitor Arrival Data....

...In July, a total of 22,562 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service compared to 995,210 visitors during the same period a year ago.... 

...phase two of the new thermal temperature screening equipment installation has been completed....

...this is national news....

...Dozens of people have drowned in the Hanakapiai Valley over the years, and KFD personnel have numerous stories – myself included – on the precarious positions we put ourselves in whenever we perform rescues in this area....

...the inter-island travel quarantine will be reinstated, in part, on Tuesday, Aug. 11....

...Phase 2 of the project will install the temperature scanning equipment at the remaining gates by Aug. 20....

... In June, a total of 17,068 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service compared to 951,628 ....

...Hawaii included on an exclusive list of 12 countries and regions to resume safe international travel with Japan....

...the industry groups say the law will endanger guests and employees by increasing the frequency of cleaning staff in guest rooms, creating more opportunities to catch and spread the Covid-19 virus in a confined space....

...which measures changes in employment and employee wages, monthly revenue and revenue sources, current state of operations and plan for trans-Pacific tourism opening, impact of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and business outlook....

... HDOT has selected NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation of America and their partner, Infrared Cameras Inc., to provide thermal temperature screening and facial imaging technology ....

... On March 10, 2020 Maui County passed Bill 22, signing into law Ordinance 5059 that set the Molokai legal, short term rental cap to zero. This, effectively, canceled the operations of 17 families ....

... only 7% found them “Mostly Unreasonable” violations of individual rights ....

... The program is now scheduled to begin on Sept. 1 ....

...Hawaii’s low numbers came at enormous cost....

...Truslow was initially told it would take two to four days. Then CVS said five or six days. On the sixth day, the pharmacy estimated it would take 10 days....

"...The revenue profiles of the state and the city and county are quite different. The state is much more exposed to volatile revenue sources such as general excise tax and transient accommodation tax (TAT)...."

... In May, a total of 9,116 visitors traveled to Hawaii by air service compared to 841,376 total visitors (by air and cruise ships) during the same period a year ago .... 

...the court scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 2, 2020....

...Rep Gene Ward today sent a letter to Governor Ige and the Department of Transportation – Airports Division questioning why the State is installing facial recognition cameras at Hawaii's airports....

...mandatory TMK field on its listings....

... Can we afford to take the risk of building a new stadium with an entertainment center that may become a financial white elephant like our convention center? ....

"...thermal screening cameras and facial imaging tracking system...."

...The court also ordered plaintiffs to respond to the Governor's virus pre-check program....

...Transpacific travelers to Hawaiʻi will be able to bypass the 14-day quarantine starting on August 1, if they first show proof that they were tested for COVID-19 with negative results....

...UPDATE ... Judge: Feds Can’t Intervene In Quarantine Challenge....

...Hawaii AirBnB occupancy rates are running far below those of other US destinations....

...Anyone flying to the Aloha State’s golden shores is supposed to remain in self-quarantine for two weeks....

...ineffective, unnecessary, rife for abuse, expensive, potentially unconstitutional, and, in a word, “terrifying”....

...an initial assessment of the economic impacts of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 on the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau....

...how long can democracy be suspended?....

...Pooled testing would allow the state to test more travelers using fewer tests....

...Ige strongly encourages people to fill in the form before they get to the airport....

...recommend that individuals who clear a temperature and symptom screening, and a COVID-19 test in their departure city will not be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival to Hawaiʻi....

...to allow Hawai’i to impose a pre-board test requirement on passengers destined for Hawai’i to protect visitors and residents from COVID-19....

...New Study Highlights Hawaii, Montana, and Vermont Among Top 10 Best Places for Seniors to Live During the Pandemic....

...Although travelers’ fascination with sunny getaways fell 60% compared to one year ago, Hawaii beaches are still trending, taking five spots on our top 10 most resilient beach destinations....

...Hawaii’s case is likely the most extreme to date....

...claims are clustered in zip codes where the tourism industry is a particularly important source of employment....

...It allows all traveler information collected through the current processes to be integrated into its ArcGIS database....

...Assume visitor industry will start opening in September 2020 and will recover 30 percent of arrivals (from same month in 2019) in September and 45 percent in December 2020....

...“Promises quicker and safer opening of our economy”....

...Double Nat'l Unemployment at Height of Great Depression....

...Protocols for testing, along contact tracing and quarantine as needed, are key components in UHʻs plans to resume in-person instruction at UH....