The ones you are talking about are not "tourists" in my understanding, they are "travelers". From my experience there are way more "tourists" who just take paid

The ones you are talking about are not "tourists" in my understanding, they are "travelers". From my experience there are way more "tourists" who just take paid bus rides, eat "restaurant local" and stay at the "5 star local". They are there to see, and make a tick in their mind. They are not even interested in talking. Tourism is not a small industry - we are talking about hundreds of million people globally. A tiny fraction is actually deeply interested in the culture.