Another example are schools. A fair percentage of the job growth in the last few years has been to support the tourist industry. That means more families and more kids. Our school district got voter approval for a bond issue to build a new elementary school, enlarge an existing one, and increase the bus capacity to serve students living in new housing further away from school. All of that money is coming from property taxes, not from tourists. (Maybe I should set up a GoFundMe page if you all would like to make contributions
Maybe my definition of 'tourist' is not the same as yours. Tourists tend to leave and go home not stay and go to school for the school year. I cannot see how tourists that visit need more elementary schools in your area. What the schools are responding to are new to your area residents that have kids that move to the area.
That is an entirely different issue and new residents do add to the need for infrastructure and services, but this thread is about tourists that leave as they live somewhere else and only visit your area. And residents are residents whether they support tourism or any other economic sector. As growth occurs it is inevitable that infrastructure and services will also grow. That is why people often leave an area after a time as the area has outgrown what they once considered to be a nice place to live. And even worse than growth is when an area is in decline, depressed housing prices if you can sell it at all, reduced incomes, less customers, and still all the infrastructure that was created when the demand was there but is now not being used as much or as efficiently. Be glad of the growth, it is really benefitting you.
