"Welcome to the world of, by some measures, "too many" people having too much disposable wealth." Or as in this case, a cabal of people for the travel industry

"Welcome to the world of, by some measures, "too many" people having too much disposable wealth." Or as in this case, a cabal of people for the travel industry managing to capture public funds to direct massive subsidies towards their goals, either directly or indirectly though avoid pricing in massive externalities and even get massive tax benefits.