Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism

DBEDT’s Hawaii Broadband and Digital Equity Office has spent much of 2023 meeting with community members and organizations to provide information on the development of the state’s first digital equity plan.

According to preliminary statistics from DBEDT, a total of 769,163 visitors came to the Hawaiian Islands in August 2023, down 7.3 percent from August 2022.

DBEDT today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August was 2.8 percent, the same as in July.

Keith Amemiya has recently been appointed as chair of Governor Green’s Sports Task Force, which is under DBEDT.

DBEDT released its third quarter 2023 Statistical and Economic Report today.

The popular Hawaii Small Business Fair returns to help local entrepreneurs launch and grow their companies in a post-pandemic economy and the state’s new business landscape.

According to preliminary visitor statistics released by DBEDT, a total of 932,713 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in July 2023, an increase of 1.5 percent from July 2022.

Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority — In a major step towards making Hawaii more green, resilient, and affordable, HGIA has been appropriated $50 million for Solar PV+Battery financing in the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation —Governor Josh Green, M.D., and HHFDC announced today that landlords, management companies and homeowners from across the state have offered to rent more than 900 houses, apartment units and rooms immediately to the thousands of Maui residents who lost their homes during this month's horrific fires.

DBEDT today released the 2022 edition of the State of Hawaii Data Book. The Hawaii State Data Book is the most comprehensive statistical book about Hawaii in a single compilation.