[Hiring] Visitor Research & Tourism Economist @AlphaHire

Role Description

AlphaGov is seeking a Visitor Research & Tourism Economist to support Hawaii DBEDT with visitor research, tourism-economics analysis, forecasting, survey interpretation, and clear reporting for public decision-makers and industry stakeholders.

• 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

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

Requirements

• 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)