Hello KeoniMay,

That is a very thoughtful question. I am not in the hospitality business; but, I have Google, of course. I was surprised to find that state taxes seem to be fairly low:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/fiscal-policy/state-lodging-taxes.aspx

However, I did not find a complete list that includes local taxes, which seem to addd a lot to the equation. I did find this, though, from Consumer Reports:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/06/booking-a-hotel-these-cities-have-the-highest-hotel-taxes/index.htm

By that guard, Hawaii does not stand out one way or the other.

I suspect many people commenting here do so based on their pre-existing disposition for or against taxes, for or against government.