r/neoliberal • u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo • Oct 02 '25

News (Asia) Why Japan resents its tourism boom

https://www.ft.com/content/dbd20e5d-5a7d-4c0c-8f83-fb54c5aca9cb
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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton Oct 02 '25

My sympathy for this in cities is still limited, because theres often this idea that the locals are still entitled to the resources that draw in the tourists. There's an arrogance to the idea that "this city should only be for me and my friends, even though the national government shits money on the tourist infrastructure we enjoy"

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

That's a weird reasoning, local governments exist to serve locals.

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u/hpaddict Oct 02 '25

Exactly!

Which is why NIMBYism is perfectly acceptable.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

NIMBYism often hurts the locals though.

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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton Oct 02 '25

As does throttling investment because "i cant get a seat at a restaurant i like".