A lot of hope for the future : What Hawaii s Safe Travels Program did right
Amanda Ogle
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Oahu from aboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Honolulu International Airport on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, the day the Safe Travels program reopened Hawaii to tourists.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
Hawaii’s lush rainforests and stunning beaches have long drawn travelers to the island state. According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority, more than 10 million visitors traveled to Hawaii in 2019, a 5.4% increase from the 9,888,845 visitors who went there in 2018. That’s a lot of visitors for an island state with a population of about 1.4 million people.
By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: April 18, 2021 (Tribune News Service) Dillingham Airfield, which has been riding a wave of business generated by mainland tourists seeking to skydive or take a glider flight, may be able to continue general aviation activity beyond a June 30 cutoff with a new agreement close at hand between the state and Army. Time is of the essence: The state Department of Transportation Airports Division, which acts as the landlord for flight services at the Army-owned North Shore airport, sent notices to airport tenants requiring them to vacate by June 30. Meanwhile, business is booming. We re slammed. We re only open four days a week and we re doing more business in four days than we used to do in seven, said Pacific Skydiving Honolulu manager Bryan Stanley.
The Commons Project Foundation and the World Economic Forum has announced the global expansion of the CommonTrust Network to cover 32 countries spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Americas.
As countries seek to relax border restrictions, quarantines and lock-downs, they need a more reliable, trustworthy and efficient way to validate the health status of incoming travelers.
Even with low passenger volumes, airports around the world have been plagued with long lines as airline staff and border guards scrutinize easily forged paper-based test and vaccination certificates.
Health pass apps and QR codes can help, but only if the test results or vaccination records they contain are verifiable and come from trusted sources.
April 14, 2021 at 5:00 am
Beginning, Saturday, April 17, 2021, travelers from Taiwan and Southern California’s Ontario International Airport may bypass the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner.
In all cases, the test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and the negative test result submitted prior to departure for Hawaiʻi.
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) has approved the use of the COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) for Taiwan’s pre-travel test, conducted by a laboratory authorized by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare.
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Office of the Governor News Release: Hawaiʻi expands pre-travel testing program to Taiwan
Posted on Apr 13, 2021 in COVID-19, Latest News, Newsroom, Press Releases
HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige announced today that starting
Saturday, April 17, 2021 travelers from Taiwan and Southern California’s Ontario International Airport may bypass the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner.
In all cases, the test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and the negative test result submitted prior to departure for Hawaiʻi.