Hawaii’s governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change

Hawaii's first-in-the-nation climate change tourist tax expected to generate nearly $100M annually

Hawaii's governor signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address climate change.

Hawaii Becomes First State to Introduce a Climate Change Tax on Visitors

On Tuesday, Democrat Governor of Hawaii Josh Green signed the first climate change tax in the United States into law.

Hawaii enacts 'green fee' on tourists to raise $100 million annually for climate, ecology protection

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) has signed a "Green Fee" bill, raising tourist taxes to fund climate change mitigation and address invasive species and beach restoration.

State jobless rate remains among the nation’s lowest

Hawaii continues to rank among the nation’s top states for low unemployment. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate in April remained at 2.9% for the second straight month after holding at 3.0% for the previous eight months, according to data released last week from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. In addition, Hawaii’s nonagriculture year-over-year payroll job growth rate at 2.7% was the highest in the nation in…

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Gov. Josh Green signed “first-in-the-nation” legislation on Tuesday, adding 0.75% to Hawaii’s transient accommodations tax on hotel stays and cruise-ship port calls to raise funding for climate change-related projects, including wildfire threat reduction.

[NHK] The state of Hawaii in the United States has decided to raise accommodation taxes for hotels and other businesses from 2026 as a measure against climate change.