An effort to increase the state hotel tax by $25 to offset the impact of visitors on the environment and climate change has stalled this legislative session but the concept of a “green fee” remains ...
The Travel Weekly 2025 Readers' Choice Award is a testament to Hawaii's holistic approach to responsible tourism.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is using resident feedback to address overcrowding in its Destination Management Plans for 2026-2028, focusing on hot spots by implementing reservation systems, traffic ...
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is part of the government, and they are in the middle of fighting for their budget requests, too.” DeCoite said tourism data needs to go beyond the passenger counts so ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE @STARADVERTISER.COM A visiting family took the time to apply sunscreen at Duke Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki on ...
Speakers said 2026 is shaping up as a holding pattern, with steady spending from high‑ income U.S. travelers, limited ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RELATED PHOTO GALLERY Hawaii tourism is cooling off this summer, and the visitor industry is concerned that the sector will ...
Hawaii has long been one of the most tourist destinations in the world. According to Statista, U.S. tourists alone outnumbered Hawaiian locals five to one in 2022, totaling over 7.7 million. If you ...
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 ...
Summer time is normally peak season for Hawaii -- from June through August. But travel experts are worried, saying tourism is down. Bruce Fisher, owner of Hawaii Aloha Travel, said Monday bookings to ...
As travel to Hawaii shows signs of rebounding, legislators are once again considering adopting a fee to charge tourists for visiting the islands. Hawaii senators recently revived Senate Bill 304, ...
Earlier this month at the Travel Weekly Leadership Forum, when Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau CEO Aaron Sala said, "Tourism as we have known it is over," it surprised everyone in the room.