Posted on: February 10th, 2025
” …HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Care for ʻAina Coalition, an alliance of local leaders and organizations advocating for a dedicated environmental stewardship fee to rehabilitate and protect Hawaiʻi’s natural resources, found that a majority of visitors to the islands would support paying an environmental stewardship fee.
The poll of visitors was conducted by FM3 Research in January, and found that over 75 percent of visitors say that establishing the fee is acceptable. In addition, most visitors also said that an existing fee would not impact their likelihood of visiting the islands, with 25 percent saying the fee would increase the odds of them visiting…..”