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HTA: Visitors urged to forego travel plans to West Maui (mauinow.com)
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The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority reports that vacation travel to West Maui is strongly discouraged for the near future. Visitors in West Maui have largely heeded the call to leave the island. About 46,000 people have flown out of Kahului Airport since Wednesday.

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[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Why don’t they just cancel travel?

Is discouraging travel just a way to get people to cancel their trips without having the travel insurance companies having to reimburse for the travel?