Honolulu Star Advertiser:
Tourists should stay away from Hawaii, and residents should restrict travel to essential business only at least through the end of October, Gov. David Ige said Monday.
“Now’s not a good time to visit Hawaii."
In time-honored political fashion, the Governor leads with blaming outsiders when locals are also at fault:
“Most” new cases are the result of residents traveling off-island and coming back home to spread COVID-19 in the community, Ige said...[State Sen Glenn] Wakai agreed that Ige’s call to tourists could be designed to placate antitourism unrest as island tourism has come roaring back.
“Somehow we believe that the tourists are the scoundrels in all this, when it’s not just them,” he said. “Locals are partially to blame. Locals are sometimes bad actors as well. It’s unfortunate that all of our economic and environmental and health issues have been pointed at the tourists.”
Comments:Governor Ige leaves much of the economic consequences of his decisions to his successor. His second term ends in December, 2022, and he is prohibited from running again for four years.Thank goodness most of my friends and relatives don't work in the travel and leisure industry.
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