Speaker 1: If you're planning on going to Hawaii anytime soon, let
Speaker 1: me tell you what's gonna happen. You're gonna land at
Speaker 1: the airport. You're gonna be met by officials in Hawaii
Speaker 1: going to ask you if you're a tourist or resident.
Speaker 1: If you're a tourist, are gonna ask you where you're staying.
Speaker 1: Then they're gonna call the hotel and alert the hotel
Speaker 1: that you're coming. Guests are instructed to stay in their
Speaker 1: room for two weeks quarantined no going out period. The
Speaker 1: hotel issues room keys that will let you into the
Speaker 1: room but will not work if you leave. Officials from
Speaker 1: the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Hawaii Tourism
Speaker 1: Authority call many times to make sure that the guests
Speaker 1: are in their rooms, but some tourists go rogue. They
Speaker 1: don't like being stuck in a hotel room for fourteen days.
Speaker 1: A few have attempted to sit by the pool. They
Speaker 1: try to go out shopping. One honeymooning couple was arrested
Speaker 1: for escaping the room, arrested. About twenty arrested and made
Speaker 1: many citations issued. Some local lawmakers want to get even
Speaker 1: tougher they think tourists ought to be fitted with ankle
Speaker 1: bracelets or have their movements tracked via their cell phones.
Speaker 1: One day, this virus is going to be over in
Speaker 1: hotels and tourists hotspots be expecting guests to come back
Speaker 1: in droves, and they might, but maybe some guests will
Speaker 1: remember they were treated like rogue criminals during COVID season.
Speaker 1: What kind of mindset even thinks about doing this to
Speaker 1: people visiting your state to help your local economy m