This thread 'triggered' me and I must say that you have identified what is in my opinion the problem: natural human greed and the increasing cost of rent in tou

This thread 'triggered' me and I must say that you have identified what is in my opinion the problem: natural human greed and the increasing cost of rent in touristic cities flooded by low cost travel. I experienced something similar as a (francophone) tourist in Venice recently. Seafood pasta with a total of one chopped prawn and one chopped scallop, really? 'Italian receipe!' cries the Venisian waiter. But mass tourism wants cheap and it wants fast. I'm sure that the locals would have been ashamed. As a further anecdote, I didn't repeat my mistake and the next day went to a restaurant recommended by the Michelin guide (instead of by the colleague of nationality X who recommended the first), paid marginally more for a truly inspired menu and stellar service. And across us sat a table of tourists of nationality Y who frankly would have been better served in the first restaurant.