Loving Hawai’i to Death: A Critical Analysis of Tourism’s Impact on Housing Affordability.
(2025) EKHK18 20251Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- As destinations across the world begin to show signs of overtourism, further evaluation of the tourism industry is necessary. Current research is largely focused on understanding the relationship between tourism and housing prices, but neglect to take a destination's overall housing affordability into consideration. Thus, the study examines the relationship between tourism and housing affordability in Hawai’i. A panel data analysis is designed under the premise that tourist activity varies across time and space: through accommodation, the concentration of visitors, over seasons, and influences the overall vulnerability of a destination to the industry. Through a critical theoretical framework, the findings reveal that tourism accommodation... (More)
- As destinations across the world begin to show signs of overtourism, further evaluation of the tourism industry is necessary. Current research is largely focused on understanding the relationship between tourism and housing prices, but neglect to take a destination's overall housing affordability into consideration. Thus, the study examines the relationship between tourism and housing affordability in Hawai’i. A panel data analysis is designed under the premise that tourist activity varies across time and space: through accommodation, the concentration of visitors, over seasons, and influences the overall vulnerability of a destination to the industry. Through a critical theoretical framework, the findings reveal that tourism accommodation in Hawai’i exacerbates the housing affordability crisis. (Less)
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- Allen, Rachel Paige LU
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- EKHK18 20251
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- 2025
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- M2 - Bachelor Degree
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- English
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abstract = {{As destinations across the world begin to show signs of overtourism, further evaluation of the tourism industry is necessary. Current research is largely focused on understanding the relationship between tourism and housing prices, but neglect to take a destination's overall housing affordability into consideration. Thus, the study examines the relationship between tourism and housing affordability in Hawai’i. A panel data analysis is designed under the premise that tourist activity varies across time and space: through accommodation, the concentration of visitors, over seasons, and influences the overall vulnerability of a destination to the industry. Through a critical theoretical framework, the findings reveal that tourism accommodation in Hawai’i exacerbates the housing affordability crisis.}},
author = {{Allen, Rachel Paige}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Loving Hawai’i to Death: A Critical Analysis of Tourism’s Impact on Housing Affordability.}},
year = {{2025}},
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