[Hammershaft]

Who is building skyscrapers in a cozy tourist town? Do you really think zoning laws are the only thing standing between tiny towns and a bustling metropolis?

If there is strong demand for housing, you might see bungalows turn into town homes or townhomes turn into mixed use 3 story flats... Which tend to be much more economically productive for the local gov anyways because the cost of infrastructure & services per person drops.

[g-b-r]

If there were no rules some people would build as much as they could, so long as it stayed profitable

Some zoning rules are worse, some better, but without rules at all many places would get ruined quickly

[LunaSea]

Maybe not skyscrapers but very high tourism rental apartment buildings.

You can look at the Belgian coast for an example of this enshitification of coastal real estate.