I don't want to sound harsh but aren't some of those European countries struggling financially and tourism money is the least hectic way to bring in new revenues where it affects (positively) across the entire food-chain (from visa fees to airline tickets to food carts on the streets). Why such a backlash? It can be governed and moderated but blatantly discouraging tourism is not a solution.
Absolutely it is, more so for the poorer southern regions. But tourism is like a natural resource, it becomes a curse. Requiring mostly unskilled workers, it doesnt help diversification of the economy. Most of the tourist-based economies are in third world countries.
