A ‘Curate’s Egg’ is one of the more bizarre idioms of the English language. Meant to describe something which has both good and bad qualities, it has its roots in a now defunct 19th Century British satirical magazine, although the phrase itself has shown remarkable staying power. It now crops up quite widely and I would submit that the tourism industry is one of the most rampant Curate’s Eggs that modern society affords us. Often bringing vast wealth to the area in question, tourism assuredly comes at a cost and even if loss of identity or authenticity are less easily assigned a price tag they are no less discernible. Economists…