Ideally, the relationship between your communities could become less asymmetric over time, perhaps becoming more of a cultural exchange or collaborative in some other way.

Undisciplined

Those are good thoughts.  Something still bothers me about a local economy that's partly sustained by voluntourism though.  I'll probably never shake that feeling; but overall I think the relationships you build make it positive to both sides.  And I can see myself falling in love with the place, the weather is as close to paradise as I've been.