What about the various Influence buildings? They help increase your ZOC and thus tourism...

The Korath are just better at telling people they are the coolest kid on the block with their Dark Influence buildings. With the new and improved MCC they can even instantly convince people that the Aul Incinerator is a playground

The Temple of Neutrality is sort of a tourist trap; at least the description says it "diverts a percentage" of other civs' tourism revenue to you.

Yea but again these are for locals. Except the influence base which is trying to peacefully to take over a planet or two.

  

Sentient species taste better...

War Profiteering. Tourism income generally is worth more. Trade income for certain races is higher.

The tightening of the economy was IMO intended and works quite well. Still, take Torian super breeders and you almost need no taxes at all to generate income.

A tricky modulus if there's ever one, Daniel.

What i get from carefully monitoring econo variables, i can always counter_affect by simply focusing on other indirect ways to compensate the **Feeling** of wrong handles on multiple things; namely, spending too much may just be a true tourist trap (as it was described earlier) as far as getting some advantages but it also means improper lagging in income should always put anyone out of the loop.

Now the question is, where does such loop begins or ends?
Near reaching a Victory condition or somewhere along the way?

Then, that's what real financial advisors would probably suggest; put one egg in a basket and if you don't eat it soon enough - it will rotten eventually.

Tourism income is money - to spend - wisely. Even when high or too low.

Then, frankly, you're doing something wrong. I usually have much larger fleets, no treaties or trade routes at all, full planets, taxes hardly over 39%, full production and am still making a profit.

Also, remember the game isn't about having the most money. It's about being the last one standing.

I've always thought that a civilization at war should experience a slow drop in tourism income. IT makes no sense to me that races (besides the Korath ^^) would vacation in a war zone!