Hawaii’s four counties can add an extra tax on top of the state TAT. All of them have decided to add the maximum possible, ...

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

A new 'green tax' is being introduced in a tropical island paradise which is visited by millions of tourists every year - but ...

The new fee, which will go into effect at the start of 2026, is intended to raise money to improve climate-change resilience ...

Hawaii lawmakers ... in a release obtained by Travel + Leisure. Starting on Jan. 1, 2026, this bill will add 0.75 percent to the daily room rate, bringing the lodging tax up to 11 percent.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Gov. Josh Green is celebrating lawmakers’ decision to increase tourist taxes and dedicate the new money to what they call Hawaii’s climate emergency. Making it ...

A new bill has passed the Senate in The Aloha State to raise the tourist tax in an effort to "reduce climate change." Senate Bill 1396 aims to raise the tourist tax on Hawaii hotels to 11% ...

You can get in touch with Marni by emailing [email protected]. Hawaii lawmakers are set to increase tourist taxes and dedicate the money to tackling what they have described as a climate ...

Hawaii, July 26, 2024. Smith Collection/gado/Gado via Getty Images A higher tax increase was initially proposed but was pared down after legislators heard concerns from the travel industry ...

At the Senate’s hearing on HB 504 Tuesday, the interim CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Daniel Nahoopii, got pushback when he said some of the money from increased taxes should be added to ...