Hawaii is already an expensive visitor destination. Rising hotel rates, up 29% in 2024 compared to 2019, coupled with the ...

Travelers to Hawaii will now have to pay the country's first-ever climate change tax. Here's what to know. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the tax "ensures that visitors who come to Hawai'i are making an investment in Hawai'i's future." ...

A bill to raise the tourist tax to 11% in 2025, increasing to 12% in 2026, has been passed by the Hawaii Senate, with funds to be allocated to climate resilience and economic development initiatives.

Hawaii has passed a first-of-its-kind piece of legislation that will see a 0.75% increase to the state’s tax on tourists, specially earmarked to raise money for protection against climate change ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, has signed into law a "Green Fee" bill that will raise tourist taxes to help fund "climate-change" mitigation. Senate Bill 1396 raises the tourist tax on Hawaii ...

Governor Josh Green of Hawaii just signed new Green Tax legislation that will go live in 2026. Here's what you need to know.

Hawaii state lawmakers on Friday approved what’s known as the “green fee,” a first-of-its-kind effort to charge visitors for climate adaptation efforts.Once signed into law by Gov. Josh ...

Though general tourist taxes aren't new, Hawaii is the first U.S. state to create a tax to address the rapid impact of climate change and mitigate the impact tourism can have on the environment.

The peak summer travel season is coming in cool — a sign that many businesses in Hawaii’s visitor industry will struggle to ...

Last month, Hawaii signed a new green fee law, becoming the first state to address climate change through a tourism tax. They need to charge more. The law now increases the state’s Transient ...

Hawaii is a popular tourist destination, with increasing numbers of U.S. citizens visiting since 2014. Over 7 million went to Hawaii in 2022, according to Statista.