Hawaii’s New Plan: Helping the Planet, One Vacation at a Time! 🌺🌎
Hey there! Have you ever dreamed of visiting Hawaii’s beautiful beaches and amazing volcanoes? Well, starting soon, your trip to paradise might help save the planet! 🏖️🏝️
Hawaii is planning to add a little extra to the tax for people staying in hotels, vacation rentals, and other places where tourists sleep. 🏨🏘️ Starting January 1st, they’ll add 0.75% more to the daily room tax.
But why are they doing this? It’s to help fight climate change! 🌦️🔥 The money collected will go towards projects that protect Hawaii’s natural beauty and the people who live there.
Some of the cool projects include:
- Adding sand back to beaches that are getting smaller because of erosion. 🏖️
- Helping homeowners make their roofs stronger against hurricanes by installing special clips. 🌀🏠
- Removing bad grasses that can cause wildfires, like the one that sadly destroyed parts of Lahaina recently. 🌾🔥
Governor Josh Green says he’s happy to sign this plan into law. He believes Hawaii is leading the way in protecting the environment! 🌿🌺
Did you know? A policy expert named Andrey Yushkov says no other state has used hotel taxes to fight climate change like this before. That makes Hawaii extra special! 🌟
So, if you visit Hawaii someday, you can enjoy the sunshine and know you’re helping protect our Earth. How awesome is that? 🌞🌊
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Hawaii plans to increase hotel tax to help cope with climate change
cgtn.com
