The tourist

The proposal in Hawai'i is likely to be approved in 2023, and will charge visitors $50 a year for accessing certain spaces, like state-owned parks, beaches, ...

[Opheli Garcia Lawler](https://www.thrillist.com/authors/opheli-garcia-lawler) is a Staff Writer on the News team at Thrillist. [Hawai'i Green Fee](https://hawaiigreenfee.org/) are hoping to "build visitor stewardship, conserve our cultural and natural resources, and invest in our ʻāina with a visitor green fee." It is an ongoing issue that has many responses—some Hawaiians are [calling for tourists to stop coming](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/05/03/hawaiian-overtourism-residents-beg-tourists-to-stop-visiting-amid-post-pandemic-boom) to the island all together, while some tourists are carrying on as usual. While the proposal has not officially been passed, it has received a lot of support from advocates, government officials, and even members of the Hawai'i Tourism Board. The money from the fees could generate funding to conserve the spaces most impacted by overtourism. In short, the non-stop destruction caused by too many people visiting, [companies putting profit over conservation](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2022/05/03/hawaiian-overtourism-residents-beg-tourists-to-stop-visiting-amid-post-pandemic-boom), and [a long and brutal history of colonialism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO83K8s8dnk) have led to a multi-pronged crisis on the islands.