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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    water in hawaii (and possibly elsewhere in the US as well isn’t chlorinated) the intestines supposedly have the same cell receptors that the virus uses as the heart and lungs...as to how it gets there...whether through the stomach acid, or through the blood stream somehow...maybe both...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    there are several factors that make it actually possible to "safely" open to a country like japan, or south korea prior to any other state in the US. one is the availability of tests that are reliable...if the outbreak isn't well under control tests aren't going to be widely available in the...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    most of whats been said to the media by the state and city governments has largely just been "throw enough darts at a wall and maybe one sticks"...aka "we don't really know what to do". it is possible they may be throwing out all of these ideas to see if any of them don't get noticeable...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    when watching people saying these things on tv...most of the local government officials (elected or otherwise) have a very odd sense of what kind of plans they will openly consider. its also important to realize that if you're watching a short clip (under 2 minutes)...how much was edited, or...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    it both is and isn't true...if you had to give it a single name...xenophobic kinda fits...if you take a bit more time to understand what it actually is for many...it only fits if you absolutely have to have a 1 size fits all term, or for media puproses...click bait. it is 100% true that you can...
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    June Vacation - Any one else worried

    no ones really sure what might happen and when (as far as tourism goes)...the only thing that may be an ever so slight indicator at this point is the hawaii convention center event listings. https://events.hawaiiconvention.com/ currently the "earliest" listing for an event is july 21...this...
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    Mid June vs. April (Easter)

    some of the "when to go" decision will depend on things like... how "hot" do you want it to be...mid 80's (easter)? low to mid 90's (late june)? sounds like being able to celebrate 2 events is preferable (but trickier to plan)...and other than "normal" temp. there isn't too huge of a...
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    Is June 2021 a safe bet?

    there never really were any protests against tourists for using vacation rentals...resentment...quite a bit (in a "target of convenience" sort of way). there were protests against airbnb as a company tho (not at the airports or tourist locations...but near the state capital building). some of...
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    Is June 2021 a safe bet?

    most vacation rentals didn't pay taxes, weren't regulated and it really didn't help that airbnb's management kept claiming that they had no impact on the housing market at all and were only helping provide extra income to residents...but when the restrictions got put in place...next month 10-15%...
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    Is June 2021 a safe bet?

    in 2017 the resentment wasn't very noticeable, it was also less prevalent and known what impact things like airbnb were having. but as with the state governments response to the pandemic...lack of action also contributed to increased visibility of the resentment. its also improved somewhat...
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    Is June 2021 a safe bet?

    a lot of the "growing resentment" towards tourists over the past few years is directly tied to things like airbnb...its not that people in hawaii have just been gradually starting to hate tourists...it's that residents have been feeling the impacts of increased housing costs due to vacation...
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    Is June 2021 a safe bet?

    it all kinda depends on what your view of "normal" is...hopefully there will at a minimum be a treatment available to greatly improve fatality rates, and shorten recovery times...of course a vaccine (preferably without nasty side effects) would be best. however even if a vaccine that works 100%...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    for many residents the losses being felt by airbnb, vrbo, etc. are viewed as a benefit...not so much as a problem. for many residents the part of tourism that would be considered "over tourism" aren't the tourists that flock to hotels...but the ones that spurred the airbnb/vrbo rentals that...
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    What is Christmas Week Like at Aulani?

    firecrackers are generally only going to be noticeable near residential areas and china town, but the smoke can travel quite a bit depending on how strong the wind is. however if your objection to firecrackers is sound based, then you may also want to avoid waikiki on any friday night...
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    What is Christmas Week Like at Aulani?

    very very busy during xmas/new years weeks...there has typically been very minimal xmas decorations put up (and limited to the lobby, shops, and the dvc room). after new years crowd levels drop, so depending on length of stay...maybe plan for resort days to be later in your trip. whether or...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    phase 3 and 4 were basically just graphics with words on a chart...tho phase 3 is supposed to be when nightclubs/bars can re-open as "high risk". prior to this tourism was also "high risk"...but it was either left out intentionally or is being treated as "very high risk" or "extremely high...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    it is now official that the visitor quarantine is extended through end of june, however given the phased re-open plans and 2 week "observation period" between phases...if any phase is extended it essentially pushes out the date another 2 weeks...lots of ambiguity still...but a little more of a...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    there isn't one yet... here's the official state of hawaii "status" website (or go through hawaii.gov to get to the same site but from the official state of hawaii web page) https://hawaiicovid19.com/ the last "decision/guidance" entry is from 5/5...but the latest "status" is from 5/15. the...
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    several of the local hawaii news outlets bundled the governors announcement of his plans with the actual updates from the mayor of oahu, while national outlets (like cnn) just flat out stated that hawaii extended the quarantine.
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    Hawaii Tourism Not Starting Up Until Late Summer

    technically the governor has only announced that he currently plans to extend the self quarantine...the self quarantine hasn't been officially extended..yet. the mayors seem to be trying to keep to their mid month policy updates (with smaller updates coming as needed/permitted). with national...
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