Sometimes that’s true, but often it is true that there simply would not be an economy otherwise. And instead would be rampant poverty.

Yeah the locals would rather go back to living in hots because they can’t afford anything else because there’s no employment. When tourism is the largest sector of the economy, it’s also the largest employer. Telling people that they don’t want the tourists he’s also saying that they don’t want jobs.

If your entire economy is based on tourism, and you want to get rid of the tourists, you are saying that you really want to get rid of your own job. Not usually a wise decision.