| HAWAII PER CAPITA TAX BURDEN | | | | popularity is unmatched. Every year the islands |
| The per capita tax burden is pretty high in Hawaii | | | | play host to over a million tourists. All these |
| and in recent years it has seen the tax per capita | | | | tourists add to the money by paying for a |
| reaching new heights as it was the highest in the | | | | number of things like the room tax or the general |
| U.S. One reason behind this may be that the | | | | excise tax etc. With each passing year, the |
| education system and also the health systems all | | | | popularity is increasing and so is the tourism which |
| are under the state and work at the state level; | | | | is directly related to its revenue. |
| whereas in other parts it is in the municipal level. | | | | HAWAII ECONOMIC HISTORY |
| HAWAII and OIL | | | | The main industries in Hawaii prior to it being |
| A Gas Cap Law was enacted in Hawaii at a time | | | | made into a U.S state in 1959 were sugarcane, |
| when the profits were under the microscope and | | | | military, education, sandalwood, whaling and |
| the prices of oil were to be kept in relation to the | | | | pineapple. After statehood, tourism has been the |
| prices of oil that was sold in the mainland U.S. It | | | | main industry. It contributes a lot to the GSP. |
| was due to the Hurricane Katrina that the law | | | | HAWAII EXPORTS |
| was put on stand-by. Hawaii was the only that | | | | Exports play a small role in the growth of the |
| could manipulate the prices of oil using the law of | | | | economy of Hawaii. In terms of exporting, Hawaii |
| Gas Cap. | | | | is engaged in apparel and also food processing. In |
| HAWAII TOURISM | | | | terms of food, Hawaii exports coffee, pineapple, |
| Hawaii as perhaps every living soul on this planet | | | | cane sugar and macadamia nuts. |
| knows is a very famous tourist destination. Its | | | | |