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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

Hot take but tourism economy is the best economy and best quality of life.

Tourism encourages the best values:

  • Environment is much safer and local government is held more accountable
  • Great career diversity - even low tier jobs are service jobs instead of factory work and high tier jobs are real product business owners not finance or some other bullshit money shuffling.
  • Cultural industries like art, bars, history, museums - all thrive under tourism economies

It's up to communities to learn to manage it but well managed tourist spot is legit one of the best place to be a human in. I lived in tourist towns almost all of my life and it's the best, especially in seasonal places where you have a low season vibe with communities just chilling and enjoying the rewards of high season.

The real issue stems from corruption where instead of managing this golden goose someone manages to squeeze all of the eggs to their own pocket and leave the rest unmaintained.

[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And one pandemic and your entire economy is dead

[–] Scribbd@feddit.nl 9 points 1 week ago

One boat stuck in a canal has had the same effect on other industries.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Historically mass plague has been far more uncommon than shipping/supply chain catastrophe. To an absurd degree.

Making tourism economies one of the most stable over the longest period of time. They also bounce back faster and more efficiently.

While also being less prone to permanent damage or shifts from a mass upset.

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