457 visitors statewide Sat., 30 visitors to Kona

June 14, 2020 at 12:28 pm sbracken

Hawaii Tourism Authority reports that on Saturday, 30 people who arrived at the Kona International Airport were visitors, and 8 people said they were moving to Hawaii. Statewide, 457 visitors landed, and 94 whose reason for coming was “relocating to Hawaii.”

All passengers, including returning residents (40 to Kona, 696 statewide) are subject to the mandatory 14-day quarantine. The quarantine for those arriving from out of state goes through July 31.

This data was collected from the Hawaii Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Mandatory Travel Declaration Form.

Crew = flight crew members

Transit = people who are in transit to another location through Hawaii and aren’t leaving the airport

Military = military exempt personnel

Exempt = people who are exempt from the 14-day quarantine after receiving prior approval from the state

Relocate to Hawaii = people who are moving to Hawaii

Returning Resident = people who indicate on the DOT’s form that they’re returning residents

Visitor = people who are not in the above categories

The following table shows what the Oahu visitors indicated as the purpose of their trip, and they can choose more than one.

For Hawaii Tourism Authority and state updates regarding COVID-19 visit: https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/news/alerts/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/

457 visitors statewide Sat., 30 visitors to Kona

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