And, to be fair, the ones paying money to stay in those mini-hotels.

(And, to be clear, "the ones making money" includes local businesses benefiting from increased tourism, and their employees.)

And to be clear, the local businesses would benefit from tourists staying in real hotels just as much, if not more, than the ones staying in AirBnBs, because such tourists are more likely to dine out and do things around town.

But restaurants dislike tourists because most tourists tip less than Americans, so a high concentration of these "mini-hotels" is detrimental to restaurants and their staff.

tipping culture and minimum wage in the US is detrimental to restaurants; not the tourists buying the food!