Remote Tourism Economist — Visitor Research & Forecasting

AlphaX

Honolulu (HI)

Hybrid

USD 83,000 - 152,000

Part time

5 days ago

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Job summary

AlphaGov, operating as AlphaGov under Casa Moon LLC, seeks a Visitor Research & Tourism Economist to support Hawaii DBEDT with tourism economics analysis, forecasting, and interpretation of survey data. The role is remote-first with occasional on-site travel for client engagements, reflecting a project-based consulting arrangement.

The successful candidate will design research instruments, analyze metrics on visitation and spending, forecast outcomes, and report findings to public

Qualifications

Experience in tourism economics, visitor research, travel-demand analysis, or related public-sector research.
Strong quantitative analysis and ability to communicate results in decision-ready reports.
Willingness to work as a 1099/project-based collaborator with travel as needed for client on-sites.

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.

Skills

Tourism economics

Visitor research

Travel-demand analysis

Public-sector research

Quantitative analysis

Decision-ready reporting

Tools

GIS

Data visualization

Econometrics

Job description

The successful candidate will design research instruments, analyze metrics on visitation and spending, forecast outcomes, and report findings to public

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