[ChristianBundy]

> I imagine replacing the words "mass tourist" with "immigrant" and the sentence almost reads like one of today's despicable screeds against the "alien" invader.

FYI, it shouldn't be surprising that replacing critical words can change the meaning of a sentence.

[domador]

A question would be whether the replacement forms a valid analogous statement, one which reveals unrecognized hypocrisy.

In this case, it's a partially successful analogy. Both mass tourist and immigrants travel to foreign lands, but one of them does so optionally while the other typically does so out of real or perceived necessity.