About 11 percent of Amsterdam's workforce is employed in the tourism sector, and many are looking forward to being able to return to their jobs after 15 months of repeated lockdowns.
Finally, after a long period I'm back on the water. It's my passion," said luxury canal boat skipper Joost Barendsen. Others living in Amsterdam's city center are less happy. Marlies Weyergang, 61, said she is dreading the return of rowdy tourists to the picturesque central Nieuwmarkt district, home to a growing number of holiday rentals.
As residents they don't bring us any benefits," Weyergang said. Residents argue the city is a victim of its own success, with those visitors bringing litter and noise as well as skyrocketing rents due to the boom in holiday rentals that have priced out many locals.
In June, Amsterdam's City Hall launched a , euro publicity campaign focused on food, museums and nature to draw culturally minded tourists over those coming on drunken stag parties or drug-fuelled adventures.
In recent years, the municipality has banned new hotels and souvenir shops, and forbidden holiday rentals in certain areas. It's not just the coffeeshops that are going to suffer, it's the hotels, the fast-food restaurants, everything. Likewise, Mike from the Green House coffeeshops group, said that such proposals to ban foreign tourists were "ridiculous" and "would lead to a huge reduction in tourism.
They just want to experience what it's like and if you go to one of our coffeeshops it's not just young English people who are drunk, in fact, most of the people smoking don't even drink.
Skip Navigation. Key Points. Amsterdam has long been a draw for millions of tourists from Europe and beyond but tourism has been hit by Covid and travel restrictions.
Tourists are attracted to the city for its canals and culture as well as its coffeeshops and sex industry. Coffeeshops are plentiful in Amsterdam and where the Dutch authorities tolerate the sale of cannabis products. There could be a clampdown on foreign tourists visiting coffeeshops.
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Dutch laws for coffee shops tolerate sales of small quantities of cannabis. Could tourists be targeted by street dealers? Amsterdam's mayor wants tourists to come for its sights and museums, not its coffee shops. Other small business owners have their own concerns. Banning tourists is very hardcore. There are guys who come and say 'We want some fried cod'. We're going to sell a lot less fish to people who are stoned, I don't see a bright side. Related Topics.
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