If you’re planning a Hawaii vacation soon, expect a new tax coming your way. That's because Hawaii just became the first ...

Hawaii became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on Tuesday, placing an additional tax on tourists to ...

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

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green enacted legislation on May 27 establishing the country's first tourist tax designed to fund climate ...

Legislators in Hawaii are implementing a tourism tax they believe will help the state take action against climate change.

Hawaii's new tax on hotel stays and cruise cabins will generate $100 million annually to fund environmental protections and ...

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

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 commented other states and countries will need to take similar action to address climate disasters ...

A new law in Hawaii will hike the Transient Accommodation Tax to raise money for environmental ... This fee will be applied to costs for tourism-related activities including hotels and cruise ...

Hawaii's new "Green Fee" bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate change initiatives, wildlife conservation and ...