Ok I'll try to explain. Carol of course is right. Jobs are VERY important. I live in a northern Michigan resort community that depends in very large part on the influx of money from outside the community in order to thrive. But that comes at a cost. In our community the cost is VERY high real estate prices and as a result there is very little low income housing and that also leads to higher priced consumer goods. It's not always the same in every tourist community but there is always some cost associated with depending on tourism as a primary source of income. Look at Venice, more locals are leaving every year, or Hawaii were locals in Maui have to have multiple jobs to pay for their 'slice of heaven'.