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Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists.
Posted: 2016-06-06, 10:27 pm

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Noticed this was on yahoo news for anyone who has missed it. On youtube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV-JaJlXDs8

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Re: Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists.
Posted: 2016-06-07, 12:28 am

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I do see their point about traffic and congestion. A couple trips back, I was in De Wallen one evening and there was a guy stupidly trying to drive through the area. His car got stuck in a crowd of people. I came back at least 45 minutes later after a session with a girl and he was still stuck there. Guy had to have been losing his mind.

It seems like Amsrerdam very much has a love/hate relationship with its tourists.
Re: Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists.
Posted: 2016-06-07, 3:18 am

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I wish they would ban tour groups of 50 people in De Wallen while I am trying to walk a few laps. ;-)
Re: Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists.
Posted: 2016-06-07, 8:53 am

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They say the population is 800,000 and tourism creates 109,000 jobs. I don't think they can afford to alienate tourists any time soon!

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Re: Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists.
Posted: 2016-06-07, 6:34 pm

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neurosynth wrote:
They say the population is 800,000 and tourism creates 109,000 jobs. I don't think they can afford to alienate tourists any time soon!
They sure seem to be trying with all the window and coffee shop closures.

Seriously, though, I do get where they're coming from. Centrum does get way too crowded. It's why I only go during the "off season" now. There shouldn't be anywhere near as many people as there are on a Tuesday in October in De Wallen.

The tour groups are pretty rough, too. Especially the bike tours when you're trying to cross a bridge and there's 50 wankers on bikes blocking the whole thing. I also hate people who are trying to take pictures on the bridges, and they'll give you a dirty look for walking through their shot. Yes. I'm supposed to just wait for every idiot who wants a picture of their dumb girlfriend standing on a bridge. Fuck outta here with that shit!
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