What a strange take. The people that run businesses are almost never the entirety of the town. If they are, you’re likely in a theme park or a carnival. And of course the businesses want your money.
Have you interacted with someone that doesn’t run a business there?
Yes, but you do realize that the people that live there work at those businesses. If tourism doesn’t exist in those areas, those jobs that they rely on wouldn’t exist. You don’t have to own a business to profit from it. In many of those areas, there isn’t any other real industry.
What a strange take. The people that run businesses are almost never the entirety of the town. If they are, you’re likely in a theme park or a carnival. And of course the businesses want your money.
Have you interacted with someone that doesn’t run a business there?
Yes, but you do realize that the people that live there work at those businesses. If tourism doesn’t exist in those areas, those jobs that they rely on wouldn’t exist. You don’t have to own a business to profit from it. In many of those areas, there isn’t any other real industry.
only because tourism in these places crowds out all other industry, often on purpose
gotta keep local labor cheep for profits
What industry happens in those areas? Would you prefer a factory, maybe an oil rig. Or how about a mine. Great alternatives …
you ever actually live in a ‘tourist’ town?
name it
Hawaii had a major IT project to be an international hub, thousands of jobs. This was early 2000s. State tourism lobby killed it.
Moving to Hawaii is far different then moving to say rural Arizona.
the original post and the problems the first reply is talking about is very pertinent to Hawaii