Many happy returns? The Pro-Bowl, mega-events, and tourism in Hawaii

Robert W. Baumann and Victor Matheson
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Robert W. Baumann: College of the Holy Cross, USA

Tourism Economics, 2017, vol. 23, issue 4, 788-802

Abstract: We use daily airplane arrival data from 2004 to 2015 from Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to determine the net change in arrivals around a variety of sporting events. We find that only one event generates a positive and significant net impact on airplane arrivals: the Honolulu Marathon, which generates roughly 9800 additional arrivals. No other sporting events result in a measurable increase in arrivals including, notably, the National Football League’s Pro Bowl, which receives the largest subsidy from the state’s tourism authority.

Keywords: franchises; impact analysis; mega-event; sports; stadiums; tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: Many Happy Returns? The Pro-Bowl, Mega-events, and Tourism in Hawaii (2015)
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2016.0562

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