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”
Has anyone compared the amount of tourist visits pre covid to the post covid visits? Covid really messed things up, we don’t know how to get back to normal. In fact, what is normal anymore? Be careful not to bite the hand that feeds you. Reduced tourist visits equals higher taxes for the islands. For some of us there is only so much money budgeted for vacations. My family of six would be an extra $300.00 that we cant spend on other things.
Fifty dollars is absurd, absolutely not. And who will manage this huge lump of money that it goes to environmental protection and not the hands of corporate corruption .
My vote is No
Hawaii Resident
I own three properties on Maui and pay $40000 plus in tat property and get taxes. So now I have to pay an entry fee??
And parking fees at select beaches. I think visitors are paying
Tat fees and rental car fees already, when does this taxation thing end???
Another thing, if you don’t live in Hawaii and are not vested in the islands, no you shouldn’t be able to own that much property. The rental market is slim already due to illegal vacation rentals and rentals from outside investors. I believe a percentage of all real-estate should be vested back into Hawaii instead of going back to the mainland economy.
I think we already pay enough to travel here, and without tourism the Hawaiian islands would be nothing. I don’t think the need to charge more for people traveling is as great as the need to have accountability as to what is already being charged.
Not enough. Make it $500.00. Maybe that will stop the excessive tourism numbers and get some normalty back. We visited Maui in May and after 2 weeks decided not to come in 2023. Totally overcrowded with unfriendly, humping and puffing joggers spoiling our morning walk. If I am supposed to pay $400 for dinner, I expect something memorable. Not this year. Mediocre food and overworked staff did not add to excitement. Let us hope for 2024.
Yes, unfortunately the local communities were stressed due to the influx of tourist entering into Hawaii once the travel restrictions were lifted. Remember we are an island not a continent. There are only so many people here in the tourist industry caring for the needs of tourist. After the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government, people from all over the mainland came to frolick and sunbathe enjoying the warm climate and beautiful beaches. The Hawaiians became the servants and entertainment, till this day the mentality is still the same putting our people at the bottom of the barrel. It hurts to see that our stories are still being depicted by our predecessors, there needs to be positive change for our people and our land.
How about fix the completely messed up budget? Already alot of money going into Hawaii yet they always seem to have no money? Let’s see the numbers….
Yes all city and state officials should be audited, I’m sure we’ll find a lot of takers. Corruption is a big thing in our city and state offices. So stopping Corruption is a must and appointing people who are for our local communities and not large corporations here in the islands. Letting a developer develope homes and the money which they make off of these homes goes where? It goes back into their businesses on the mainland and nothing vested back into our local economy. Take Ironman for example, many businesses closed due to and did any of those proceeds go back into our economy, No it didn’t. Millions were made and nothing was return back into our Hawaiian economy.
I most certainly agree that the Hawaiian way of life and that the apparent corruption and mis-appropriation of finds that many of my Hawaiin friends discuss constantly must be independently investigated and the bureaucratic culprits prosecuted.
As a mainlander I don’t have a vote; however, I do hope that honesty and intrgrity will prevail.
Jim E
Sorry Gov. Green, but your $50 visitors fee applied only to citizens of states other than Hawaii would violate the privileges and immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Why not attach the fee at the rental car and Turo sites?
And please please address the Maui traffic issues especially on the northshore. What happened to the Pa’ia bypass?
Even our stores like Costco and Whole Foods are overrun with tourists.
Makes me want to leave and I’ve been here since the 80s.
Aloha! They already have a huge fee attached to Rental Cars. For an example: you may find a rental car for $65 a day for 7 days, $455 a week, but the added “concession fees” on top of other fees & taxes that may bring that total to near $650. Aloha!
I can almost see the attorneys lining up at the governor’s office now. Trying to limit the number of visitors or charging an admission fee most surely will run into a problem with the 14th amendment. Not to mention decreased ability of the tourism industry to make money.
If it’s a foregone conclusion that Green will be the new Governor than we deserve what we get. Josh Green, asking with the voters, are fools. A “green fee” will create a bad taste in the mouth of every visitor. Surprise! Hawaii has stuck it to you for polluting out State. We discriminate.
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.