(AP) — Hawaiʻi tourism industry officials are having a mixed reaction to Gov. David Ige’s plea that people not travel to the islands until at least the end of October because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. The governor made the comments Monday as hospitals across the state fill up with a record number of coronavirus patients. Officials from the Hawaii Tourism Authority plan to discourage travel. But others in the industry are reluctant to move back after the economy rebounded with eased restrictions earlier this summer. One industry executive says he has thousands of people booked to come on vacation and has no plans to discourage travel.

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