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 ...

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 became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on Tuesday, placing an additional tax on tourists to fund climate change resiliency projects and environmental stewardship within ...

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, ...

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

Governor Josh Green signed into law Senate Bill 1396, now Act 96 today making it the first of its kind in the nation and creates what’s being called a “Climate Impact Fee” also ...

members of the visitor industry and experts on climate change. The increase in the hotel room tax, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, means locals and Hawaii visitors who stay in hotels or other ...

Beginning next year, visitors to Hawaii will be subject to a “climate impact fee” which aims to generate funds for mitigating future environmental challenges the state expects to face.

Hawaii became the first U.S. state to establish a climate impact fee on Tuesday ... and sustainable tourism. Previously, cruise ship passengers had bypassed the TAT, but the new law seeks to ...