I've been noticing this more and more, there's an insistence that pointed economic or environmental criticisms of some consumption habit, usually almost exclusively partaken by the upper middle class and wealthier people, must actually secretly be a purely cultural critique. I'm sure these guys work for Exxon or some shit, lmao.
Tourists basically took over Venice because of the cruise ship industry. Venetians have been fighting them for years. I just read that Italy banned large ships from docking but the ban got circumvented by shuttles taking tourists from the ships to port. You're not going to stop consumers from getting treats.