I actually live in a touring city right now and the reality here is the exact opposite of what you’re describing. One night in a hotel or in a holiday rental cost pretty much the same. Cooking at home is much cheaper than eating in restaurants. Even breakfast in a hotel is not included for free, you pay extra for it. You would have to stay in a very lousy hotel and eat lousy food to pay less than in a rental.
Rolex sells watches but someone local owns the store. Very few things are actually still made locally. Some food and traditional souvenirs maybe. Most things sold at local stores are still cheap, Chinese made items. What stays in local economy are taxes and salaries and I’m pretty sure someone working in a luxury restaurants earns more money than someone working at McDonalds.
Tourists will fill up residential areas even if there are no hotels/apartments in them. Cities themselves are not made to cope with that amount of tourists.
Tourist don’t go to residential areas because there’s nothing there for them. All restaurants, museums and other attractions are in city centers. Where do you travel where tourist go visiting apartment buildings and hang out in residential areas?
The city I live in opened port for luxury yachts right next to city center. Michelin starts are a thing. Fancy restaurants are promoted all the time. Maybe you think the cities don’t care about rich tourists because you’re not one of them? You see news all the time about cities complaining about mass tourism and trying to limit it. Ibiza, Rome, Venice, Canary Islands, Valencia… You really think they want to kick out few rich tourists staying in 5 star hotels and not the masses staying in AirBnBs?
I actually live in a touring city right now and the reality here is the exact opposite of what you’re describing. One night in a hotel or in a holiday rental cost pretty much the same. Cooking at home is much cheaper than eating in restaurants. Even breakfast in a hotel is not included for free, you pay extra for it. You would have to stay in a very lousy hotel and eat lousy food to pay less than in a rental.
Rolex sells watches but someone local owns the store. Very few things are actually still made locally. Some food and traditional souvenirs maybe. Most things sold at local stores are still cheap, Chinese made items. What stays in local economy are taxes and salaries and I’m pretty sure someone working in a luxury restaurants earns more money than someone working at McDonalds.
Tourist don’t go to residential areas because there’s nothing there for them. All restaurants, museums and other attractions are in city centers. Where do you travel where tourist go visiting apartment buildings and hang out in residential areas?
The city I live in opened port for luxury yachts right next to city center. Michelin starts are a thing. Fancy restaurants are promoted all the time. Maybe you think the cities don’t care about rich tourists because you’re not one of them? You see news all the time about cities complaining about mass tourism and trying to limit it. Ibiza, Rome, Venice, Canary Islands, Valencia… You really think they want to kick out few rich tourists staying in 5 star hotels and not the masses staying in AirBnBs?