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Hawaii is now welcoming tourists back, now that it's November.
According to Yahoo! Finance:
Tourists can finally say “aloha” to Hawaii, as the state formally welcomes back visitors for nonessential travel.
In August, Hawaii Gov. David Ige called upon visitors to delay all nonessential travel through the end of October due to an accelerated surge in COVID-19 cases, which he said had been overburdening the state’s health care facilities and resources.
While that certainly didn’t stop travelers who were entering the state for purely leisure activities, it did signal that tourists weren’t exactly welcome by all in Hawaii. That changes now that it’s November.
"Our hospitals are doing better and seeing fewer patients," Ige said in a statement on Twitter. "This gives us the ability to move forward in our economic recovery and safely welcome back fully vaccinated domestic travelers."
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