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People dependent on tourism are annoyed when visitors arrive

This is a single-panel reaction meme. The top of the image has a text caption describing people whose local economy is entirely reliant on tourist visitors, followed by an anime screenshot of Houtarou Oreki from Hyouka looking extremely annoyed and unenthusiastic. The joke is a sarcastic observation that tourist-dependent communities often act inconvenienced and irritated by the very visitors that support their livelihood, creating a humorous contrast between their economic needs and their displayed attitude.
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People whose whole economy depends on visitors when a visitor appears

Overview

This is a single-panel reaction meme. The top of the image has a text caption describing people whose local economy is entirely reliant on tourist visitors, followed by an anime screenshot of Houtarou Oreki from Hyouka looking extremely annoyed and unenthusiastic. The joke is a sarcastic observation that tourist-dependent communities often act inconvenienced and irritated by the very visitors that support their livelihood, creating a humorous contrast between their economic needs and their displayed attitude.

Origin notes

Per the provided additional information, this meme was originally shared to the r/memes subreddit on Reddit, with the original post title "They are not too happy about it". It uses a widely circulated reaction screenshot of the character Oreki from the 2012 Kyoto Animation anime Hyouka, a popular source for memes expressing disinterest or annoyance. The Imgflip watermark confirms the meme was assembled using the Imgflip online meme editor prior to being posted to Reddit.

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