Dog Lovers - Need Your Comments (residents & visitors)

This is a very short sighted policy. Most of the tourists that travel,with their dogs stay for long periods of time and are much more valuable to the economy than those of us who visit for shorter periods of time. My wife and I are dog lovers and actually enjoy meeting the dogs that folks are walking and watching them play in the surf. It would seem to me that rather than banning dogs,passing and enforcing leash and scoop laws would have the same benefit without sacrificing some of your most valuable visitors.
We have a somewhat similar situation here. My wife and I enjoy going to local craft fairs. The dogs make lots of new human friends and we almost always purchase. But if dogs aren't allowed we simply don't go. I think the same thing will likely happen should they not change their position.