Tourism Economic Analyst: Visitor Research & Forecasting

Alphahire; Hawaii; Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov, a public-sector consulting practice of Casa Moon LLC, seeks a Visitor Research & Tourism Economist to support Hawaii DBEDT with tourism-economics analysis and forecast reporting. This remote-first, project-based role involves designing research instruments, analyzing visitor data, and presenting findings to decision-makers and stakeholders.

Role emphasizes clear communication of methods and implications, with travel to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

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

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

Quantitative analysis

Report writing

Tools

GIS

Data visualization

Job description

AlphaGov, a public-sector consulting practice of Casa Moon LLC, seeks a Visitor Research & Tourism Economist to support Hawaii DBEDT with tourism-economics analysis and forecast reporting. This remote-first, project-based role involves designing research instruments, analyzing visitor data, and presenting findings to decision-makers and stakeholders.

Role emphasizes clear communication of methods and implications, with travel to client sites as needed.