" Your Industry would not exist without that protection"
Are You for real! This ATOL stuff is new, and few if any Country has a similar system. So , how come the Airline Industry is alive and well.
Your capacity for logic is not good!
My profession did relay good before mass tourism and will do much better without it!
As an example, ask any of the locals in Venezia or Barcelona about the benefit of "Mass Tourism" then get back to me.
Enjoy Blackpool,
Regards
Cpt B