Too much tourism, and the way it's funneled through designated channels, can negatively impact communities, indeed, as everything gets gentrified, and deployed

Too much tourism, and the way it's funneled through designated channels, can negatively impact communities, indeed, as everything gets gentrified, and deployed for tourist duty. Too many factories? An absolute blessing, no doubt. lol. Seriously, they completely warp and devastate rural communities, which are left with only old people. You can argue that everyone is getting richer etc, but that's not really true. Land prices increase dramatically as foreign 'investment' comes in, forcing people out of the countryside, and into factories just to afford food, which previously they could grow themselves, share, or just forage. Having a few rich foreign workers around could well be the catalyst for them to realize they're getting screwed and should raise their prices, collectively, and those connections could also be the means to do so. I also think the 'cost of living' is misunderstood. In many poorer countries, the cost of living is much lower, because the standard of living is much lower. To live a western level family existence is often more expensive in poorer countries than in rich countries (probably excl. US), once you factor in security, education, health, imports, etc, etc.