I worked in the travel industry for 10 years ... in Portland, Oregon and Fairbanks, Alaska ... as a hotel executive and the local convention and visitors bureau. The tourists paid my salary ... and a very good salary, I might add. Yes ... by the end of the season, I was ready for them to go home ... but glad to see them return but the months inbetween could be very lean. I seriously doubt there are many of us who have not been tourists at one time or another and I hope I am always treated with the respect of the locals as I have always treated the tourists. Sad to say ... Tallahassee, Florida is not a big tourist haven ... moonchild