{"id":104872,"date":"2019-10-17T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T23:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=104872"},"modified":"2019-10-17T14:13:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T00:13:06","slug":"international-student-economic-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/17\/international-student-economic-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> international students boost Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s economy $91.5<abbr title=\"million\">M<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/system-international-student-economy.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing of students holding hands around a globe\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-104874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/system-international-student-economy.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/system-international-student-economy-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/system-international-student-economy-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>International students in the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> system contributed more than $91.5 million to the state\u2019s economy in 2018 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.hawaii.gov\/dbedt\/economic\/reports\/2019-10-foreign-student.pdf\"><em>Economic Impact of International Students in Hawaii \u2013 2019 Update<\/em><\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (<abbr>DBEDT<\/abbr>). The estimated total amount of direct spending by international students at all <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> institutions was $216.9 million, which includes total living expenses and institutional tuition and fees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The benefits international students contribute to our state go far beyond their direct and indirect spending. Their presence in our schools promotes mutual understanding and global collaboration and is essential to building bridges that connect future world leaders,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"governor\">Gov.<\/abbr> David Ige. &ldquo;We are able to share <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s culture with the students and they, in turn, teach us about their culture.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Including the ripple effects, <abbr>DBEDT<\/abbr> estimates the total economic impacts of international students are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$446.7 million in economic output generated, including direct, indirect and induced effects<\/li>\n<li>$34.3 million in state taxes generated<\/li>\n<li>$197.3 million in household income generated<\/li>\n<li>4,576 jobs supported by international student spending<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Mike McCartney, director of <abbr>DBEDT<\/abbr>, &ldquo;International study exchange programs not only contribute to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s economic growth but its continued ability to attract foreign students and investments. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s appeal as a place that embraces many different cultures remains one of our greatest assets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbedt.hawaii.gov\/blog\/19-30\/\">For more, read the <abbr>DBEDT<\/abbr> news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/files.hawaii.gov\/dbedt\/economic\/reports\/2019-10-foreign-student.pdf\"><em>Economic Impact of International Students in Hawaii \u2013 2019 Update<\/em><\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International students in the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> System accounted for more than 40 percent of the overall direct spending by international students in all <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> institutions in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[197,134,953,935,947],"class_list":["post-104872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-economics","tag-international","tag-international-education","tag-international-student","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104872"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104901,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104872\/revisions\/104901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}