Originally Posted by Majuki

Due to rising cases and hospitalizations, the governor had previously requested that non-essential travel to Hawaii be postponed. However, there were no changes to the Safe Travels program. One could still enter as quarantine exempt with either a pre-travel test or being vaccinated. There was a subsequent announcement on Tuesday this week saying that the situation was improving and that the islands would be ready to welcome tourists back starting November 1st. As part of the tweets, he also indicated that there would be arrangements for international visitors as well.

Currently, Safe Travels only accepts individuals fully vaccinated in the US. A traveler who received vaccinations internationally would have to do a pre-travel test. The issue is that while there are international testing partners, with the exception of Canada, they're all in Asia: Japan, Korea, The Philippines, Tahiti, and Taiwan. This means that someone traveling from Europe who wasn't vaccinated in the US, such as CH_flyer's case, would need to get tested at one of the approved testing partners to be exempt from quarantine upon arrival in Hawaii.