With respect to keeping Covid-19 under control, elective/recreational travel is irresponsible. Period. No matter what precautions are taken.
But we (individuals, governments, corporations) are flawed and we do irresponsible and selfish stuff. With proper COVID protocols or otherwise.
If we as individuals choose elective travel right now, we should be honest with ourselves and accept the fact that we are being irresponsible. No masks, wipes, distancing, quarantining, economic support of local economy, etc. can justify it.
Yes, I've been irresponsible once. I took all those precautions and followed all recommendations and guidance... but in the end, I didn't really HAVE to do it. I chose to do it.
Please don't take this the wrong way. I am not a Super Trumper, No Masker, or Govt Control conspiracy theorist, but there are entire economies that depend on exactly the type of travel that we're talking about. There are entire communities that depend on nothing but dive travel.
Does Pensacola Fl., or Venice La. depend on us traveling to feed their families? Probably not, but, I do have a friend in Utila, Honduras that said his island is struggling from the lack of tourist travel.
We need to " Spread the wealth" around to keep people fed. The biggest issue is that we have is to be as safe as reasonably practicable. Otherwise we will all just rot in our homes and become shallow characters is some dystopian novel.
Travel but follow all the G..D... Precautions!!!