Resort Bubble News Today

A news story about Kauai tourism and the “resort bubble” at Timbers Kauai aired by mistake on our Good Morning Hawaii broadcast on Monday, January 31, 2022.

Kaua‘i Rejoins Hawai‘i’s Safe Travels Pre-Travel Testing Program Starting April 5 Share Article The Kaua‘i Visitors Bureau is excited to announce that travelers will no longer have to stay in an Enhanced Movement Quarantine (EMQ) or Resort Bubble property in order to receive a quarantine exemption. Spanning 17 miles along Kaua‘i’s North Shore, the Nāpali Coast is best viewed by air or sea. Kaua‘i businesses are excited and ready to welcome back visitors safely. ...

Jan 18, 2021 This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. Terms apply to the offers listed on this page. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. I’m writing this from the lanai as the sun comes up on my last morning in Kauai, the lush Garden Isle of Hawaii. I just successfully tested out of my mandatory 72-hour quarantine, a requirement of the brand new “resort bub...

Kauai Reopens to Tourists with New Travel Rules in Place Photo: Michael Barajas/Shutterstock.com.  The island of Kauai is planning to reopen to tourists after a halt forced by a surge in the coronavirus. Kauai was the only Hawaiian island to opt out of the state program that allows trans-Pacific visitors if they produce a negative test before arrival. Instead, the island had required all travelers to undergo a 10-day quarantine. Kauai began a version of its own entry program on Tuesday. Inter-...

Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami asked Governor David Ige to make an amendment to rescind the county’s moratorium on the Safe Travels program for inter-island travel.

Casey Harlow / HPR Mayor Derek Kawakami is awaiting Governor David Iges approval on a proposed change to Kauaʻis Rule 23. The amendment would rescind the countys moratorium on the Safe Travels program for inter-island travel. If approved, inter-island travelers would be allowed to participate in the states Safe Travels program, and be exempt from the 10-day travel quaratine with proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken less than 72 hours before travel. The test would need to be administered b...