1. The Year Without Tourism: Hawai‘i’s FY2022 Pandemic Budget
- Author:
- Colin D. Moore
- Publication Date:
- 01-2022
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- California Journal of Politics and Policy
- Institution:
- Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
- Abstract:
- Hawai‘i’s economy was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The effective closure of the tourism industry created an unemployment crisis and led to a dramatic decline in tax revenues. Nevertheless, Hawai‘i managed to avoid mass layoffs of public employees and draconian cuts in public services because of federal relief funds. The $15.9 billion budget for FY2022 restored funding to most departments, but the state’s dependence on the visitor industry has left it particularly vulnerable to future pandemic travel restrictions.
- Topic:
- Tourism, Budget, Fiscal Policy, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- North America, Hawaii, and United States of America