Indeed. This dreamy state that tourism and associated will be, or always has been, the unlikely saviour for the broader economy to flourish is terribly dangerous and deluded. The repeated dogma becomes quite stale.
Sad to say that a clear diversity within the economic sectors is quite vacant......and dependency on tourism doesn't guarantee or support any such trickle down/spreading the wealth theories. Even though the continued and made up stories might tell us otherwise. Pushing tourism does little or nothing for the betterment of the economic commons nor does it reflect any such fanciful ideals on the GNP and the false security.
The diverse economic possibilities are endless here - yet, the visions are terribly blind by way of government control and manipulation of the broader places........all of which, appear to be the issues most everywhere.