The Garden Island of Kauai is as unwelcoming as it can get to news visitors. This is a trend anywhere in the Aloha State, and most residents and even the Governor of the State agrees. Tourists should respect the fragile state of an island state and stay home.
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A 62-year-old visitor from Tampa, Florida was arrested today in Kapaa on the island of Kauai. Hawaii has a statewide quarantine requirement for everyone, including visitors. Visitors arriving in Hawaii must stay in their hotel room for 2 weeks before allowed to use hotel facilities or leave the building.
The tourist from Florida arrived Monday ignoring this order. He checked into the ISO
Kauai police arrested a 62-year-old Tampa, Fla., man for allegedly violating the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine order. The man was arrested around noon today in Hanalei, where he had stopped.
He had arrived on Kauai on Monday, and had checked into a boutique hotel, The ISO, in Kapaa, voted the best and newest boutique resort on the island.
The guest failed to self-quarantine himself at his place of lodging. He was booked at the Kauai Police Department cellblock for a misdemeanor. He posted $100 bail and was released.
Unlike other counties, Kauai has a strict 9 p.m. curfew rule as well as checkpoints, where motorists may be stopped and asked if they are conducting essential activities. Kauai has had seven criminal citations related to the COVID-19 curfew, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and a year in jail.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- He had arrived on Kauai on Monday, and had checked into a boutique hotel, The ISO, in Kapaa, voted the best and newest boutique resort on the island.
- This is a trend anywhere in the Aloha State, and most residents and even the Governor of the State agrees.
- Kauai has had seven criminal citations related to the COVID-19 curfew, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and a year in jail.
