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I live in a city that has had an explosion of tourism in the last 10 years. I don't benefit from it financially (if anything, the rents have shoot up considerab
by balfirevic 7y ago
I live in a city that has had an explosion of tourism in the last 10 years. I don't benefit from it financially (if anything, the rents have shoot up considerably because of it), but it looks to me like it has been the main reason why the city doesn't feel empty and dead after 21h. I'm not sure I would be living here were it not for the side-effects of tourism.
- ido 7y agodont you think you benefit from the fact your city's government has more money to spend due to all the taxes collected from tourists' consumption/visits?
- balfirevic 7y agoTheoretically, it would be possible. But there are several reasons why I don't think of it as financially beneficial: 1) Rent and all cafes/bars/restaurants are significantly more expensive. 2) Most of the consumption is taxed via VAT, which goes directly to national government. 3) Both local city government and national government are corrupt hellholes which are certain to misuse any funds that come their way. Edit: To be clear, I mean financially beneficial from "live in this particular city" perspective. On national level, tourism is such a high percentage of GDP that it's the only thing keeping the country alive. And we're in for a hell of ride if we stop being a desirable destination.