This isn't just in the USA either, think about city leadership in like Barcelona trying to promise a good local economy, cheap housing, AND an end to those perfidious tourists (who bring all the money).
This isn't just in the USA either, think about city leadership in like Barcelona trying to promise a good local economy, cheap housing, AND an end to those perfidious tourists (who bring all the money).
I suppose there are edge cases like Hawaii (although I don't know what else their economy would be based on otherwise) where overtourism does have bad effects, but that's rare.
It really should be a slam dunk. Tourists inject a ton of money into local economies while demanding nothing in the way of social services or medical care