[Atlantium]

It's tolerated. I'm from another island tax haven and I can tell you that it's part of our culture to act welcoming and happy to see you. It's an act; anyone in any service industry can confirm this. People do this because their choices otherwise are limited.

[topmonk]

I'm aware of this, and that's why I don't live in any of the traditional third-world "paradises". The fakeness and the bitterness of the locals is too much for me.