Perhaps not surprisingly, Takushi also said a vaccine passport program would reduce her overall workload for many of the vacations she’s now booking to Hawaii. Clarifying why that’s not true has been time consuming, Takushi said, and dampened interested for some of those prospective Hawaii visitors. Kathy Takushi, owner of Captivating Journeys on Maui, said a number of people have reached out to her about Hawaii trips since the CDC’s Friday announcement, believing they can now visit the state without a pretest.
If I can show my CDC vaccination card and get into Hawaii and freely travel around Hawaii, you’re going to see a fairly significant increase in travel to the Islands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) pronouncement late last week that travel is now safe for those who’ve been vaccinated amplified pressure on Hawaii’s governor to alter how the destination welcomes inoculated visitors, and Hawaiian Airlines issued a statement Friday saying the carrier believes the tourism-dependent Aloha State is ready for change now. RELATED: Hawaii COVID-19 Travel Update: Kauai Re-Enters 'Safe Travels,' and Good News on the Way for Vaccinated Travelers At the moment, every Safe Travels participant above the age of 4 must upload proof of a negative COVID-19 test - taken no more than 72 hours before the final leg of their journey - in order to bypass an otherwise mandatory 10-day quarantine. Many Hawaii tourism stakeholders have been vocal in their support of expediting the modification of the Safe Travels program for vaccinated visitors. “We feel pretty good about where we are.” “Both of them have committed to incorporating vaccination data and status into their platforms when it becomes available,” Ige said. “I think it’s premature to give any real specific dates on that right now,” Ige said at a April 5 press conference in Honolulu, during which he explained that the state has partnered with both Clear and CommonPass to develop a vaccine passport pilot program.
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