> is a lot like having an extra tourist on any given week And as OP explained in the comment you're replying to, tourism is not necessarily a positive for the

> is a lot like having an extra tourist on any given week And as OP explained in the comment you're replying to, tourism is not necessarily a positive for the locals: > That foreign money mostly goes to a handful of landlords/Airbnbs and tourist-friendly businesses (which are often foreign owned themselves). That in turn drives up prices of everything for locals – who are seeing no increase in income and moreover have to pay income tax and a ton of other taxes on it, something that digital nomads conveniently skip. It doesn't really matter if you're a digital nomad or a classic tourist, the same downsides apply, but in the case of digital nomads they're even working while being on a tourist visa. They should pay taxes to the local administration but they don't, so that makes them a double problem.