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

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

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new "green fee" that the governor signed into law today.

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

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

Hawaii will add a new surcharge to the state’s existing accommodations tax to address the growing impacts of climate change.

The fee is expected to raise about $100 million a year for projects to make the state’s infrastructure more resilient to the ...

Everyone who stays in a Hawaii hotel, cruise ship or other lodging beginning Jan. 1 will pay an extra $3 for every $400 in ...

Gov. Josh Green has signed what’s being called the “Green Fee” into law. It raises the state’s transient accommodations tax ...

Governor Josh Green held a press conference and signed into law a first of its kind green fee climate impact bill on Tuesday, ...