With visitors in an uproar. What are your feelings about the fee proposed by Green in addition and all of the other Hawaii taxes and fees?
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270 thoughts on “Updated: $50 Hawaii Visitor Fee & Reducing Tourists Confirmed By Next Governor”
If Green’s visitor fee proposal is found constitutional than expect other states in the union to adopt the same fee’s, but as it stands it will be found unconstitutional.
Next he’ll tell Hawaiians if elected they’ll receive 2 cans of Spam in every pot.
I am envisioning all the toll sensors installed on every single road that crosses a state line. Both sides of the line, too. Plus along the Canadian and Mexican borders. And, don’t let the Cnuckleheads think they can get away paying in Canadian dollars.
It seems most island residents dont want or like tourists. So ban them all together see how they like it then.
I admit, it was awesome here on Kauai over the winter of 2020-21 with so few tourists on the roads. Beaches wide open. Could always get a seat at the bar. Except the long line of vehicles at the food bank was not so awesome
It should be $100 and visitors must prepay for EMS & Rescue services too. Mahalo
There’s even a better solution – let’s ask the crooked politicians who nice people of Hawaii seem to refuse to vote out, what they’re doing with TAT and GET? Not to mention some of the highest progressive taxes in US. Oh, and since we’re at it, remind them of the failed wasteful rail project. All together it’s a whole lotta doe.
I’m for the $50 tourist fee to help control tourism and its effects on Hawaii.
Yeah that won’t happen it will just line the pockets of the elite over their and their families. You or no one else will se a dime of it or will it fix any issues
With the high cost of hotels and car rentals, this is just another “nail in the coffin“.
I still would like to see how the State would fare with no visitors for a year. They are like many other state governments around this Country that spend like it’s Monopoly money. Business experience should be required for any position requiring decisions on revenue and expenses.
They tried it during the pandemic when daddy fed was footing the bill. I say have at it pull all the government jobs military and contractors and enjoy.
It is familiar and therefore comforting, in a way, to hear Josh Green say something poorly thought out and stupid. Hopefully someone will sue the state into oblivion when an “environmental impact fee” is used for HART or housing or whatever. Both are worthy, but this seems like more slush for the leg. to mismanage.
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Most of the traffic congestion, beach congestion and lack of care for the environment and culture are from tourists. Yes they should pay more for use and their abuse. Pay until visitation slows down. It’ll be offset by fees. Not residents.
Well I’m not particularly fond of it but, I do understand it. If anything stops people from going to Hawaii, this would probably be it. I’m not sure about Green’s timing on this tax affair and maybe that’s a good thing.
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No, it’s a solution for the local families and businesses wanting to stay afloat instead of getting pushed out due to foreign investors coming to Hawaii for it’s rich resources. Many of our ancestral graves are being desecrated daily because of the illegal sales of our lands to the highest bidder. You want to see corruption well look at the number of outsiders VS residents and if you were living here you’d understand the need to lessen tourism and the illegal sale of our Kuleana lands. Coming from a Native Hawaiian.
I totally agree with you.
Cool. Fix that issue then. Reduce amenities, lodging, go back to the roots.
Taxation doesn’t fix your issue. Greed of those you place above you is all this helps. Your “solution” only emboldens more of the same garbage. It does nothing to reduce capacity. It does nothing to solve over-tourism. It just changes access, including your own. Your new tourists won’t care about you. Just look at the big guy who bought an island.