There have been a number of discussions about the percentage of GET paid by visitors with calculations of about 14% up to 33% or so.  Even if the visitor portion is 33%, that leaves $5.6 billion (out of $10 billion) to be paid by residents.   That’s a heck of a lot of money.  

Real property taxes are recognized as less regressive than the GET.  

If you’d like more information on these issues, Tax Review Commission reports are available here -  http://tax.hawaii.gov/stats/.