Most places with anti tourist movements are places that are completely unable to make money off something that is not tourism. Let’s call them what they are: places that want to feed off the rest of the country.
I see movements in Rome and Barcelona. Also in Berlin in Paris. All this movements negate your theory. What are the movements you mean?
hm. I can see that being true for venice, but what about barcelona and paris?
Tourism makes up like 13% of the Spanish economy.
Interesting data point! But don‘t you think Barcelona is capable of making money outside of tourism?
Sure, but I’d imagine that a large portion of that is spent around Barcelona.
Which is why I said most places. Some places are definitely able to live without tourism, especially the biggest cities. Most places have absolutely nothing to offer besides a beach and pubs to get drunk in.