>They're not invested in the place, they artificially skew the local economy to cater to them, e.g. by inflating rents (e.g. through AirBnB) for people who do l

>They're not invested in the place, they artificially skew the local economy to cater to them, e.g. by inflating rents (e.g. through AirBnB) for people who do live and work in the place, they bring extra pollution (often-times being 2-10x the resident population of some place per year), they feed a class of rent-seekers (literally rent-seeking people like hotels, rooms to let, private beaches and exhibits, and so on), and they also bring the distasteful demand for bland services (from souvenir shops, tourist traps, BS dance clubs, fast food chains, "authentic" tourist restaurants, etc, that the locals could not care less about, but live on because of the tourists). Eventually it comes full circle and the local identity is built around some perceived vision of self importance (coping mechanism?) and being quaint and catering to tourists. These things the locals "could not care less about" eventually become the culture, disgusting as that may be. I grew up in such a place. I could write a novel but it suffices to say that everyone who didn't stand to inherit a business fleecing tourists (or fleecing people who fleece tourists) got out as soon as they could resulting in a morally bankrupt society where you cannot trust anyone not to screw you for personal gain and I (and thousands of other people who "got out" over the years) am very much rooting for global warming to wash them all into the ocean.