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Maui Tourism all set to welcome transpacific travelers

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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Spencer Wright, the General Manager of Maui Lifted Jeep Rentals, is charging batteries and at length cleaning as well as sanitizing its 15-vehicle fleet that has remained inactive from March 2020.


Maui Beachfront Rentals’ Michelle Zoodsma manages 55 vacation condos which have been closed from early 2020. The preparation includes putting all the stored outdoor furniture back on the lanais.


The Front Street in Old Lahaina, a place that wore an appearance of a deserted town since March, now signs of life are showing to return. Kimo’s Restaurant started serving Mai Tai’s and Hawaiian fish again on Thursday night.


All over Maui, hotels, vacation properties, car rental companies, restaurants, retail shops and several businesses that serve to the 3 million or so annual travelers to the island are all gearing up for a return of non-quarantining tourists, starting from Oct. 15th.


So what’s next? In the closing months of 2020, no one can assure with authority that exactly what numbers of visitors will travel to Maui. But most have the same opinion: The recovery is going to start out in a gradual fashion.


“We see a lot of pent up demand, and people who want to come, but we’ve only got a few people coming at first,” Zoodsma said. “A lot of people are holding off to see how it goes and to make sure we are not shut down.”


Businesses have gone through this groundwork before, only to have the date delayed. Aug. 1 was the launch date for the pre-testing program of the state for COVID-19 at first, which allows transpacific travelers to leave out the mandatory 14-day quarantine, if they can produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of their last leg to Hawaii. The launch date was delayed until Sept. 1, then Oct. 1 and now Oct. 15.

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