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 accommodations will soon pay an overall rate of 14%.

He noted that Hawaii is the first state in the country to link hotel tax revenue directly to climate and environmental protection. “We had a $13 billion tragedy in Maui, and we lost 102 people.

Hawaii has passed legislation to increase taxes for people staying at hotels to help the islands cope with the increasing pressures from climate change. The bill, SB1396, adds a 0.75% levy to ...

Hawaii boosts lodging tax to fight climate change disasters. New funds target beach erosion, hurricane protection, and wildfire mitigation.

“The impact to travel to Hawaii will cover our needs as we deal with climate change and superstorms and all of the things we’ve known to be true after the wildfires,” said Gov. Josh Green ...

It also levies a new 11% tax on cruise ship bills starting July 2026, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports, to bring cruise ship taxes in line with room taxes on land.

They have to pay their share because climate change and the climate impact is definitely connected to generations of extra fossil fuel that’s been burned,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said ...

A bill that would generate new revenue for the state to address climate change and reduce the risk of future wildfires by increasing the state hotel room tax remains alive at the midpoint of the ...

A new report is out from First Street, a climate risk financial modeling firm. The report says credit scores may be affected, higher and lower, if potential climate disaster risk is taken into ...

Hawaii lawmakers approved a first-of-its-kind bill on Friday that increases the state’s lodging tax to fund environmental protection and strengthen defenses against climate change-fueled disasters.