Governor Josh Green has addressed concerns regarding travel safety in Hawaii, specifically in West Maui, during a recent news conference.
He reassured the public that while travel to West Maui is discouraged due to ongoing recovery efforts following a devastating tragedy, other parts of Maui and the rest of the Hawaiian islands remain safe for visitors.
In today’s email:
- Hawaii Travel Update: Governor Green Reiterates Safe Tourism Outside West Maui
- 11 Epic Fall Foliage Road Trips To Drive This Year
- Around the World – The cheapest way to travel around Europe, The best travel souvenir shops are… grocery stores, AI travel guide suggests Ottawa food bank for hungry travelers and more..
- From Social Media
- Travel Grub – Indian Vegetarian Food – Distinctly not boring!
- Quirky Corner – Extraterrestrial Highway
Hawaii Governor Affirms Safety of Travel Outside West Maui Despite Ongoing Recovery Efforts
Governor Josh Green has addressed concerns regarding travel safety in Hawaii, specifically in West Maui, during a recent news conference. He reassured the public that while travel to West Maui is discouraged due to ongoing recovery efforts following a devastating tragedy, other parts of Maui and the rest of the Hawaiian islands remain safe for visitors.
The governor emphasized the need to balance economic well-being and disaster recovery efforts, acknowledging the potential impact of decisions across the islands.
The Hawai’i Tourism Authority also supported this stance, urging travelers to show respect by avoiding West Maui, including areas like Lāhainā, Nāpili, Kāʻanapali, and Kapalua. The emergency proclamation issued on August 13 remains in effect, strongly discouraging nonessential travel to West Maui throughout August. The affected region of Lāhainā remains inaccessible to the public as search and recovery operations continue.
Travelers are encouraged to explore other parts of Maui and neighboring islands, such as Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi, and Hawaiʻi Island.
A more comprehensive announcement and discussion about this situation is anticipated in a statewide address by Governor Green on Friday. For updates on Maui’s emergency management and recovery efforts, as well as ways to support the affected community, individuals can visit mauistrong.hawaii.gov.
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11 Epic Fall Foliage Road Trips To Drive This Year
Come autumn, fill up on reds, golds, and tangerines (the color, that is) with America’s favorite pastime: road trips.
This Is The Cheapest Way To Travel Around Europe According To New Report
As traveling can be expensive these days, what with the prices of hotels, airfare, transportation, and food, I had always thought taking trains was a good way of cutting unnecessary costs.
However, a new report has confirmed that these days, it’s in fact the opposite, and flying is considerably cheaper than traveling by train.
Grocery stores are the best travel souvenir shops
No matter where I am traveling in the world, my suitcase always returns home with a few souvenirs stuffed between my socks and boxers. Yet I rarely browse around a gift shop and often leave a touristy craft market empty-handed. Instead, I’ve found some of my most treasured travel mementos come from an unlikely but everyday place: the shelves of local supermarkets.
China lifts ban on group travel – ‘a breakthrough for East Asia cruising,’
The news that China has lifted pandemic-era restrictions on group tours for more countries, including key markets such as the US, Japan, South Korea and Australia should prove to be the most consequential development of the past five years for the cruise industry in East Asia, said Ted Blamey, principal of CHART Management Consultants.
Amtrak Debuts First Electric Bus, a Greener Way to Travel Inter Rail
Amtrak and the Washington State Department of Transportation recently launched the EV bus used by the train operator to improve passenger experience.
The Cascade Thruway service is upgrading to the new environmentally friendly bus to take over the older diesel-powered model.
Buyer’s guide: Travel insurance for snowbirds
Retirement may be the time in your life where you can make those travel dreams come true, but it also comes around the age where travel insurance gets seriously more complicated.
That’s because at 60 years and above, insurers will generally start to ask much more detailed questions about your health history to better calculate the risk they’re taking on.
U.S. Sets New Record: International Travel Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Levels
Based on fresh statistics provided by the U.S. International Trade Administration, an entity that monitors direct flights departing from the United States, a staggering forty million Americans departed from the country.
Microsoft has pulled an AI-written travel guide, which told tourists to visit the Ottawa Food Bank if they are hungry
Microsoft has pulled an AI-written travel article that recommended the Ottawa Food Bank as a tourist attraction for the city.
Don’t fill your bottle in the Trevi Fountain. Europe has lots of water.
Just don’t expect ice
From Social Media
Travel Grub – Indian Vegetarian Food – Distinctly not boring!
A Trip to India Changed My Perspective on Being a Vegetarian
While visiting her Indian in-laws for the first time, a plant-eating writer learns a new appreciation for meat-free cuisine.
Quirky Corner
Nevada’s ‘Extraterrestrial Highway’ Takes You As Close As You Can Get to Area 51
Photography duo Allie Leepson and Jesse McClary find wide-open spaces — and plenty of roadside kitsch — in the tiny towns along State Route 375.
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