Remote Tourism Economics & Visitor Research Analyst

Alphahire; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

AlphaGov, a Hawaii-focused public-sector consulting firm, seeks a Visitor Research & Tourism Economist to support Hawaii DBEDT with research, forecasting, and reporting for decision-makers.

You will design methods, analyze visitor data, build forecasts and dashboards, and communicate findings to agency leaders and stakeholders. This is a remote-first, project-based role (1099) with travel to client sites as needed, in Hawaii and/or occasionally elsewhere.

Qualifications

• Tourism economics, visitor research, travel-demand analysis, or related public-sector research experience.
• Strong quantitative analysis and ability to communicate results in decision-ready reports.
• Comfortable as a 1099 / project-based collaborator with travel as needed for client on-sites.
• State tourism office, destination-management, visitor survey, or tourism-forecasting experience (nice to have).
• Experience with Hawaii, island, coastal, or destination economies (nice to have).
• Econometric, survey-methods, GIS, or data-visualization skills (nice to have).

Responsibilities

• Design or evaluate visitor, travel, and tourism research methods and instruments
• Analyze visitor volume, spending, markets, travel behavior, seasonality, and economic contribution
• Build defensible forecasts, dashboards, tables, and written findings from survey and administrative data
• Explain methods, limitations, and implications to agency leaders, community stakeholders, and industry audiences
• Contribute tourism research and economic-analysis qualifications to AlphaGov proposals when permissioned

Skills

Tourism economics, visitor research,or

Strong quantitative analysis

1099 / project-based collaboration

Hawaii-specific tourism experience

Econometric, survey-methods, GIS, or d

Data visualization skills

Job description

AlphaGov, a Hawaii-focused public-sector consulting firm, seeks a Visitor Research & Tourism Economist to support Hawaii DBEDT with research, forecasting, and reporting for decision-makers.

You will design methods, analyze visitor data, build forecasts and dashboards, and communicate findings to agency leaders and stakeholders. This is a remote-first, project-based role (1099) with travel to client sites as needed, in Hawaii and/or occasionally elsewhere.