Here are a few interesting facts and important things to remember before you set out on your Hawaii Tour!

•    Hawaii is the home of President Obama and was the 50th state admitted to the union on August 20th, 1959.

•    The state of Hawaii consists of eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii.

•    Under-sea volcanoes that erupted thousands of years ago formed the islands of Hawaii.
 

•    The capital of the world’s most active volcanoes and the world’s tallest sea mountain – Mauna Kea.

•    From east to west Hawaii is the widest state in the United States.

•    More than one-third of the world’s commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii and it is the only state within United States that grows coffee.
 

•    Hawaii has the toughest laws against smoking in the United States. It’s against the law to smoke in public buildings, including airports, shopping malls, grocery stores, retail shops, buses, movie theaters, banks, convention facilities, and all government buildings. Hotels and resorts prohibit indoor smoking. Smoking is not allowed within 20 feet of a doorway or a window. Even some beaches have no-smoking policies. Hawaii laws impose strict fines for breaking any of these smoking regulations.

•    Hawaii does not observe daylight saving time. When daylight saving time is in effect in most of the United States, Hawaii is 3 hours behind the West Coast and 6 hours behind the East Coast. When the U.S. reverts to standard time in November, Hawaii is 2 hours behind the West Coast and 5 hours behind the East Coast.