• baines@lemmy.cafe
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    only because tourism in these places crowds out all other industry, often on purpose

    gotta keep local labor cheep for profits

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      What industry happens in those areas? Would you prefer a factory, maybe an oil rig. Or how about a mine. Great alternatives …

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        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.

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            the original post and the problems the first reply is talking about is very pertinent to Hawaii

            you asked for an example, this is a real directly illustrative one

            the argument was something along the lines of development harming visual appeal (while having 10 story+ apartments in Waikiki)

            but it was and always is about cheap local labor to exploit

            tourism does not help locals any more than trickle down economics helps the average citizen