HONOLULU - Hawaii’s governor asked Monday that visitors and residents reduce travel to the islands to essential business only while the state struggles to control COVID-19 as the highly contagious delta variant spreads in the community.Gov.
David Ige wants to curtail travel to Hawaii through the end of October."It is a risky time to be traveling right now," he said.He said restaurant capacity has been restricted and there’s limited access to rental cars.Ige stopped short of a mandate, saying it’s a different time now than last year when strict travel rules that required quarantining essentially shut down Hawaii’s tourism industry."Last year in March, when I first asked for visitors to postpone travel to the islands, we saw a 60% reduction.