Aloha and Welcome
The Public Policy Center (PPC), within the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, brings together expertise, commitment, and a strong desire to enhance the quality of community life through teaching, research, civic engagement and interdisciplinary work towards the development and analysis of good public policies.
Community Impact Surveys
Managing Tourism in Hawai‘i: A Survey of Resident Attitudes on Destination Management Issues
A survey of resident attitudes about the visitor industry. Topics include tourism and COVID-19, government actions to regulate tourism, destination management roles and financing, and the organization of destination management.
- Executive Summary (pdf)
- Full Report (pdf)
- Banner Tables (pdf)
Hawai‘i during COVID-19: A Community Impact Survey for November 2020 (December 7, 2020)
- Report (pdf)
- Appendix (pdf)
- Banner Tables (xls)
Hawai‘i During COVID-19: A Community Impact Survey (September 21, 2020)
- Report (pdf) - amended 9/22/20
- Appendix (pdf)
- Banner Tables (xls)
Hawaiʻi Restaurant Surveys
Back to the Table: A Hawai‘i Restaurant Survey
- Report (pdf)
Coming Back: Reopening Hawai‘i’s Restaurants
- Report (pdf)
Resetting the Table: Keeping and Bringing Back Hawai‘i's Restaurants
- Executive Summary (pdf)
- Full Report (pdf)
Other Reports
Life Under Lockdown: Hawai‘i Resident Assessment of COVID-19 Restrictions
- Report (pdf)
- Verbatim Responses (pdf)
- Banner Tables I (pdf)
- Banner Tables II (pdf)
Do No Harm: How Hawai‘i State Government Can Mitigate the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
- Do No Harm (pdf)
Crush the Curve: Urgent Steps Hawai‘i Can Take to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Crush the Curve (pdf)