Good article about our industry:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inside-hawaiis-dream-vacation-production-locales-1155980
After New Mexico capped their tax credit at $50M and lost work, they raised their tax cap to $110M to recommit their support to the film industry:
https://www.apnews.com/0f0c4320ff194a599835977154847e71
Recent news stores about our tax cap:
https://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/film-industry-officials-say-productions-may-not-come-to-hawaii-amid-tax-credit-cap/1913305753
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/03/28/hawaiis-film-industry-wants-eliminate-tax-credit-cap-keep-productions-flourishing/
https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2018/08/02/plot-twist-hawaiis-film-tv-industry-faces-a-tax.html
Comparing other cities:
http://www.filmproductioncapital.com/taxincentive.html
Atlanta’s movie tourism is thriving. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/02/11/movie-tourism-still-hot-in-atlanta.html
Kualoa Ranch is a good example of how Hawai’i’s movie tourism has flourished.
Did you know Home Depot opened a store on a GA studio lot in 2015 to keep up with the booming business there? https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/unusual-home-depot-store-caters-to-film-and-tv-industry/53948828
Global competition: https://www.statista.com/topics/964/film/
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/asia-minute-china-s-shifting-movie-business
Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios pays GA state property taxes: https://thecitizen.com/2018/09/09/road-to-nowhere-begins-to-pay-off-in-pinewood-studios-taxes/
Local film production: https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2019/01/15/big-island-scores-on-film-production-in-2018.html