text: Even if the TAT is increased more than 1%, the tourists will keep coming for sure. The legislature should go for 3%, why not? The annual number of tourists for this year is already moving to the point of exceeding past years. So many folks want to come here to visit and will continue to do so in droves because there is no place in the USA like Hawaii. Hawaii's mystique around the world is enduring and huge compared to the unfounded, manini fears of tourism and hotel officials. If hotel industry officials were truly sincere about their stated concerns about costs to tourists, there would be no such thing as "resort fees" on top of everything else tourists pay.