Unemployment in Hawaii tops 37% - tourist industry pretty much DOA

[msongs]

unemployment office system swamped by sudden rush, working to get checks out to new
filers

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/16/unemployment-hawaii-tops-coronavirus-shutdown-continues/

[lapfog_1]

1. I would risk a trip to Hawaii in maybe 4 weeks

IF the plane had 1 passenger for every 9 seats, everyone was either tested negative or wearing a mask for the flight, I could get a taxi with a full partition between me and the driver (and we both had masks), and I could just check myself into my room... the room was completely disinfected since the last occupant, the maid service (again, with masks) came once a day while I was by myself on the beach, and all food was brought by room service.

Maybe.

Won't happen because the cost would be too high... planes will not fly that empty, etc.

And doesn't do anything about shopping or other tourist activities (where I suspect a lot of locals actually derive income).

And would still be high risk, both for me and for Hawaii.

But until there is a vaccine... would anyone else risk more than this? Would Hawaiians?

I'm a solitary person by nature, so watching a sunset and reading a book sounds good.

[proud patriot]

2. Beaches are closed

[msongs]

3. incoming passengers are supposed to be quarantined for 14 days, either at a hotel for visitors

or a designated address for returning state residents and they are being monitored

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. I believe that all flights to Hawaii are currently cancelled.

A friend of mine had planned to celebrate his 80th birthday in early May by going to Hawaii. I helped him book his tickets, and a couple of weeks ago he called me and said, cancel the flight, I won't be going. I had somehow missed the news that all flights to and from Hawaii have been cancelled at least to mid May.

I was on a cruise to Hawaii at the beginning of March. Had a fabulous time, would love to do it again. On board the ship we were somewhat insulated from what was really going on. I love to travel, would love to take more cruises. I'm a science fiction person and in recent years attend four or five s-f things each year. Most of those have already been cancelled, and probably the ones later in the year will also be cancelled. For which I'm sorry. I am looking forward to resuming my travels, but have no desire to rush anything.

[mostlyalurker]

5. Flights are not cancelled. Just not as many flights because demand is down.

And that’s a good thing for now. Hawaii has done well keeping the spread of Covid19 under control here. We are islands in the middle of the pacific who are blue as the sky. If we run
out of food and our hospitals collapse, we aren’t going to get even a roll of paper towels thrown at us by Donnie Two Scoops. There are usually 30,000 visitors PER DAY arriving. We cannot manage that number of additional folks in our hospitals. Our governor would like for the feds to stop all not essential travel to Hawaii but that isn’t happening either.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Thank you for clarifying that for me.