H.C.R. 193 Summary

• Request for Hawaii Tourism Authority to produce an ocean safety video for Hawaii visitors.

• Hawaii Tourism Authority directed to work with airline companies to show the ocean safety video to all incoming passengers on flights to Hawaii.

• Resolution cites 288 nonresident and 249 resident drowning deaths between 2002 and 2011, with at least a dozen visitor deaths early in 2013 including six drownings on Kauai.

• Hawaii Tourism Authority Executive Director requested to transmit copies of the resolution to managers of Hawaii operations for all airlines operating inbound passenger flights to Hawaii.