Flight search engines show prices, sure, but do they really reveal who bears the burden of local events on the ground, beyond the simple increase in a ticket? When a major event causes fares to soar, it does not indicate that public transport will be saturated for small merchants or families needing to travel.
A more expensive plane ticket does not reflect the difficulty of finding a taxi, or prices doubling for food, which heavily weighs on the local community.
For example, during the Africa Cup of Nations, prices skyrocket in Dakar, but this does not always benefit residents, who just see their cost of living increase without a fair distribution of benefits.
These platforms do not show the impact on the most vulnerable when tourist influx changes everything.