Hawaii has pushed back its planned tourism restart date.
With surging Covid-19 infections in major markets on the West Coast the reopening of tourism is delayed a month until September 1.
There were fears Hawaii was not quite ready to allow general tourism.
The state has imposed a mandatory 14-day quarantine for four months.
Hawaii had previously announced tourists would be allowed from August 1 with proof of a negative Covid-19 PCR test.
"We have always said that we will make decisions based on the health and safety of the community," Hawaii governor David Ige said.
"We don’t believe that situation will change significantly by August 1," Ige said.
"The mayors and I fully understand the gravity of the choices before us and believed it was in everyone’s best interest to delay," Ige added.
Chris Tatum, president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority said: "We want to welcome back our visitors once our state is ready to do so in a safe manner that will hopefully avoid the need to backtrack in the future."
by Ray Montgomery, US editor
