Travel: What it’s like to visit Kauai right now


Like a breath of fresh tropical air, rules that have scared away mainlanders from visiting what many consider as Hawaii’s most beautiful island have been significantly loosened.

Kauai recently reaching Tier 5 status, the least restrictive of Hawaii’s five-level system of coronavirus orders, has the tourist-hungry Garden Island embracing visitors with a sigh of relief and heartfelt “e komo mai!” The “welcome” mat at Lihue Airport, Kauai’s primary gateway, still comes with strings attached — masking indoors, required proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test — but compared to how things were just a few weeks earlier, this is paradise refound. Read full travel article here.

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