Some locations are charming visitors by waiving visa requirements and offering air tickets.
But Amsterdam has an issue with excessive tourist– and now it’s informing some visitors, particularly British male travelers aged in between 18 and 35, to “stay away” if they’re taking a trip to the city for drugs or celebrations.
Amsterdam’s regional authority released the online project in Great Britain this month that intends to stay out “nuisance-causing visitors,” authorities stated in a press release recently.
About 360,000 over night visitors from the United Kingdom gone to Amsterdam in 2020, stated Statista.
The “Stay Away” project targets visitors who utilize online search terms like “stag party Amsterdam,” “pub crawl Amsterdam” or “cheap hotel Amsterdam” by revealing them cautioning ads, authorities stated. The ads depict the threats and effects of “excessive drug and alcohol abuse,” authorities included.
Amsterdam hotels taped about 1.75 million global arrivals and 1.1 million domestic arrivals in 2021, according to Statista.
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One video ad alerts audiences that “Coming to Amsterdam for a messy night + getting trashed = 140 Euro fine,” together with video of cops handcuffing a boy. Another video illustrates a guy being wheeled away on a stretcher, accompanied by the text “Coming to Amsterdam to take drugs + lose control = hospital trip.”
Local authorities stated they will broaden the project to target travelers from the Netherlands and other EU nations throughout the year.
Amsterdam hotels taped about 1.75 million global arrivals and 1.1 million domestic arrivals in 2021, according to Statista.
Fighting extreme tourist
The project is simply among a multitude of procedures that Amsterdam is requiring to fight extreme tourist and bring in various kinds of travelers.
The “How to Amsterdam” project beginning this month will utilize social networks and hotel centers to notify visitors about what makes up undesirable habits in the city, such as being intoxicated and disorderly and purchasing drugs from street dealerships, authorities stated.
The city likewise revealed in February brand-new procedures at a loss light district to “reduce nuisance and crime.” Those consist of a restriction on cigarette smoking marijuana in the street, minimized alcohol sales and earlier weekend closing times for bars, clubs and sex work facilities, authorities stated.
In 2021, Amsterdam’s mayor and councilors settled on strategies to close the traffic signal district and established an “erotic center” far from the town hall, The Guardian reported.
However, Amsterdam needs to do “even more” in the coming years “to give tourism a sustainable place in our city,” stated Deputy Mayor Sofyan Mbarki in the news release.
“Amsterdam is a metropolis and that includes bustle and liveliness, but in order to keep our city livable, we now choose to set limits instead of allowing irresponsible growth,” he stated.
