For me as an Amsterdammer the worst part of this all is the lack of respect for the locals from the tourist. They just treat my city as it's one big amusement park and we're the NPCs.
Do you think the Dutch when they go to Ibiza and Thailand they respect the locals? That's how tourism works, don't take it personally that the price to pay
You call yourself a Amsterdammer, but a statistical guess is that you moved there from somewhere else in the Netherlands. I've friends living there and all the so called Amsterdammers i meet moved from outside Amsterdam.
True. But the problem in Amsterdam is that those 22m tourists all flock to a 6sqm city centre making it and the surrounding environment extremely crowded. The Netherlands as a country could easily support that many tourists, even more. But it becomes a real issue when its so concentrated on one spot.
I work at an American airport and I check THOUSANDSs of Dutch, British, German, Italian, and Spanish sports on a daily basis. Our streets are flooded with European tourists and they’re welcomed. But when we come we’re met with regulation
Gotta take in consideration that these countries you mention are way smaller than America. If you combine The Netherlands, Germany, Italy in Spain you're not even close to the size of the USA. I hear what you're saying but as a born and raised Amsterdammer is clear that this city is just not build for the amount of tourism it attracts. Amsterdam in particular is just too small.
All depends on the kind of tourist: - Going to a place to see the city, go to musea, get the history, eat locals food and so on. or - Going to a place to take drugs, party hard, get wasted, starting fights, pissing on peoples doorstep, drown in the canal. The second group is a problem for the Amsterdam locals. The good suffers from the actions of the bad.
It's common in a lot of places to not allow eating on the streets. Also most places here have a place to sit down and eat so it really shouldn't be a problem. If you don't want to eat at the place then you just take your food home. I guess I personally don't see the issue...
@@StarryEyedShepherd you don't see an issue in seeimg an issue with eating in the streets? Where outside are you not allowed to eat may I ask? I've never heard of an non eating zone outside before. I live in Rotterdam and also see tourists outside but never have I got irritated with seeing people eating outside. As the Dutch would say Dan ben je echt een zeikerd!
1:10 so banning airbnb would mean a lot of apartments would go back to locals, so rent would drop, while the cost of hotels would indeed go up, meaning less tourist and less overcrowding, which is a perfectly win-win scenario! and for a rich country like the netherlads a drop in tourism (which would still be high) would be insignificant for the economy, so the only thing that guy was wrong about is that it would be a bad thing
all the businesses that are booming in amsterdam (hotel business, cookie business, boating business), all of them will stop happening. when money is not flowing in the economy because of this, the govt. will have to do other things to fill up that gap. how will they do it? higher taxes! higher taxes. the people whose income depend upon renting houses, what they will do? charge more money for the rent! and rest you can figure out yourself 😉
No way, air b&b is not the issue here, it is already regulated. The issue is 60% of all residential housing is subsidized in Amsterdam, so called sociale woningbouw. The 40% left creates exorbitant rental and property purchasing prices. It is the failuere of decades of leftist policies, thinking everyone deserves a place in the city, whether you can afford it or not afford it.
@@akshitbhatia694 Amsterdam doesn't need tourism to thrive, it is the capital of The Netherlands, it has many industries, markets and activities. Tourism also has costs, Amsterdam is not rich because of tourism. It just happens to be very beautiful, pleasant, and with great people. Tourists don't really add to that, and there are too many, A good amount of tourist will keep coming, because it is a unique place with 400 years of history, no need to promote it or anything.
@@boembajee i dont agree with that. In Amsterdam, tourism significantly contributes to the city's economy. The Amsterdam Economics Board estimates that tourism, including business travelers, generates over €10.3 billion annually, supporting 88,000 jobs. Additionally, tourists spend just under €2 billion each year in the city, with cultural tourism playing a significant role also, think of how many industries depend upon tourism? i bet most of them are the ones producing essentials for hotels, ships, food etc.. all of them will be turned down.. all the big lines that you hate which tourists make are because of the fancy businesses like cookies, drugs etc... start selling these kind of things in other cities of Netherlands.. promote other places of Netherlands... that's the solution to over tourism... banning tourism would scare people away from your shores for a long time, the impact of which you can only observe later, just like impact of brexit appeared after it was done but not before then that
@@akshitbhatia694 Nope. Those tourist shops increased in numbers drastically in the last 10 years or so. Before that we didn’t have as many and the economy was doing just fine. The problem is that mass tourism creates these copy paste shops, which are mostly in possession of foreign investors. They shouldn’t exist in the first place.
Amsterdam is a cool city but IMO the best parts are away from the tourist center. There are many wonderful places to explore in the Netherlands too, outside of Amsterdam.
No. The locals need places they can enjoy too. Dont ruin their whole country for them. Japan is already dealing with too many tourists in areas that cant handle it. Please keep the visits to yourself so locals can enjoy their villages and towns in peace. Just my opinion.
So basically you're saying their shouldn't be tourism anywhere? Well that means you never go anywhere as a tourist? Otherwise you sound very hypocrite.
The hotel ban on the center was so stupid. Yes, they didn't allow more hotels in the center, but around the metro line, A LOT of massive hotels were allowed so number of beds increased by a huge amount. Nobody in the municipality thought that all that people who stayed in the hotels wouldn't go to the center anyway?! Yes. They spread people around a little but they all go to the center anyway, so the overcrowded center is much worse. More hotels and being constructed. Now they say they want to ban ALL hotels, in like 3-5 years? So we will go from 22 million to what? 30? In the meantime the city is filthy, and taxes for citizens continue go up. The problem is tourism does benefit the city, but when you pass certain threshold it only benefits a few and everyone else suffers! Amsterdam is one or the most over overcrowded city in the world perhaps? The ratio between residents and visitors is like 22:1 :(
This is actually because Schiphol is the gateway to Europe. It's the second most travelled airport of the EU with 62 million passengers a year. Nobody is complaining who bought a house 30 years ago. I saw a women on AT5 who bought it at 200k and it's worth 1.3 million now. It's a great idea to split international air traffic to another airport in Rotterdam. That would relief Amsterdam of some tourism. We've 99% of international air traffic in one spot.
0:18 'This was a wonderful small village'. Terwijl hij gewoon voor het rijks museum staat.... Ja over-tourisme brengt problemen met zich mee maar sommige mensen hebben ook wel echt een verkeerd beeld van vroeger.
All the measures that are being taken in Amsterdam to reduce tourism are a great display about the level of disconnection politicians have with the common citizen, most of the measures taken against tourists are actually affecting the locals. This used to be an amazingly beautiful, fairly clean and working city, years of mismanagement led to this terrible situation the city is in right now. Creating "spaces for multiple uses", yeah, they've been repeating this for years... in the meantime they are creating new neighborhoods that don't even have a supermarket, a small store for groceries, pharmacies, a variety of bars and restaurants, pushing everyone to go to the city center for absolutely everything. I know that because I lived in two of those new neighborhoods, and I live in one of those right now. Amsterdam's new neighborhoods are designed to provide housing and that's it, for the rest... go to the center.
They need to spread tourism around more. Other cities in The Netherlands have canals, old buildings, very good musea, coffeeshops and red light districts too. Perhaps many people dont know this, but its far better to stay somewhere else, have a more authentic experience and perhaps see Amsterdam on a day trip which you can do with a quick and easy train ride.
@@urbandiscountAgreed. Let the locals have their own places to be able to afford to live and enjoy life. If foreigners want to visit, they should keep it to themselves where possible. Japan already is being turned into disneyland by some less respectful tourists. So please be respectful of locals and let them live in peace in their towns. Just my opinion.
If i would pick a city to go to in the Netherlands it would be Maastricht if you don't like the crazy over tourism. It has everything and is close to Belgium and Germany. You can fly from Amsterdam to Maastricht too. You don't even have to drive.
and what a beautiful city! But a lot of people don't travel to see the country they travel to show other people they did, Amsterdam comes with the hype. I have been in Germany many times, never went to a major city there and nobody it's interested about that because it's not Berlin etc
I have never been to Amsterdam before and have been planning a trip there later this year. This is making me rethink going. If I am to receive a hostile welcome from the locals, well... maybe it's not worth it.
It is chill. As any other place in the world, there are people that doesn’t like foreigners or tourists. A tip to not annoy any resident is: watch out with the bike lanes. Try to avoid peak seasons. Don’t stay only in the center or even not only in Amsterdam, there are other and maybe even nicer cities than Amsterdam, like Maastricht, Delft, Utrecht, Giethorn… People are nice here, everyone speaks English and they are open to help. The issue is with tourists that doesn’t pay respect to the city, throws trash in the streets and have a misconception of the city and only comes for the drugs. The way that my city countered that was that only residents can enter the coffee shops.
I think this could be the future of Europe because producing anything in Europe is challenging due to high energy cost and high inflation (thus, higher salary demand). As a result, to produce economic activity, they must focus on tourism, which can't be replicated elsewhere. (like: one must go to Paris to see Eiffel)
that's not entirely the point, NL is the 2nd largest agro exporter globally. We're not dependent on tourism anyway. Tourism in Amsterdam costs more than the revenues it brings in.
Amsterdam already has AirBnB regulations, max 30 days per year. And no, it does not decrease rent, hotel rooms or the influx of tourists. The effect is way too small to have any significant impact.
The govt doesn’t do a great job at the limits of those airbnbs. I have Friends who had just rented recently. In their search for air bnb rental C countless Landlords on air bnb asked ( many places they inquired about to rent btw). . “Let’s do this rental personal contract off record”, meaning off air bnb. To think it is limited to 30 nights a year rental by your neighbors , you are simply delusional. Money money money. Can’t have this both ways, less tourist in AMS or all the money you desire from your rental home. 🤷🏻♂️
That is the biggest BS I have heard😂😂😂 and I originate from Amsterdam. Amsterdam isn’t so mich ‘successful’, it just happens to be an attractive place for low end tourism. Due to the leftist policies in which everything is being tolerated and drugs are king. And I haven’t met many ‘friendly Amsterdam residents’, quite the opposite…
@@EGO0808 It wouldn't be Amsterdam anymore without the tolerance. We do the most drugs by the way, it's not the tourists. We should've made hard drugs legal a long time ago. Portugal is ahead of us now.
1:50 - 2:15 had me howling because the guy's just admonishing the tourists right in their faces with no fear whatsoever 😭 The girl at 2:00 was so offended PLEASE
no but forreal it is so silly that everybody's waiting in line. The same is for stroopwafels which is a dutch cookie, and tourists are paying way too much because it was a hype on tiktok. So at leat he straight up told them
how does Amsterdam tackle short stay accommodations. do nonresidents buy up real estates and turn them into airbnb? are there upward pressure on rental/home prices on residents? how are these negative pressures tackled by governments?
If you don't build more hotels in the centre and you build them away, people will just come to the centre and you will overload the public transport for locals commuting when the tourists could just walk from their hotel...
Only 6% of Amsterdam businesses make money of tourists. The most revenues go to Travel agencies, Airlines and Hotel groups owned by investors etc. Just as almost everywhere else in the world…
I used to live in the heart of Amsterdam, just a stone's throw from the Red Light District. Amsterdam is a stunning city, and I never minded the tourists-after all, the world is meant for everyone to explore, not just locals.
The main thing I struggle with the most living in the netherlands nd when I visit amsterdam is how messy people are. There are so many rubbish bins everywhere yet people are lazy and just chuck it on the streets. There is also a huge housing crisis that needs to be put into consideration. Of course i understand people want to see new places and so they should but PEOPLE PLEASE CHUCK OUT YOUR RUBBISH. I have also noticed a huge difference when I lived in Australia for a while.
Don't forget the new thing of getting money if you return soda cans, this thing was already in effect for plastic bottles, but now you see a lot of people dumpster diving to collect soda cans, meanwile chucking everything that was in the trashcan out of it. This also happens in trains.
The issue is that some countries have huge population, the world is too crowded.😢 So Europe is flooded with tourists from certain countries the most. Humans have overpopulated the Earth. The result is bad.😢 I feel for the locals though. 🇳🇱i have never been to the Netherlands. Ik kom uit Hongarije.
I never understand why tourists flock to places like Amsterdam, Barcelona, etc, who obviously don't want them anymore when there are so many nicer, quainter, and more authentic places in the Netherlands and Spain.
@blackvikingeire Yeah, that makes sense....lol.. The tourist hordes flooding into Lieden....lol... You overestimate the average tourist's ability to plan and think for themselves while underestimating their lack of imagination and predilection to follow the crowds like sheep...
This is actually because airport Schiphol Amsterdam is the gateway to Europe. It's the second most travelled airport of the EU with 62 million passengers a year. They all stop here and then think.. Let's do Amsterdam too. All these measures would just split tourism over more cities because of Schiphol. It won't stop people coming.
People live in those places. Maybe respect their wishes to be left in peace. Leave those visits to yourself please. Would you like it if your quiet town was overrun with tourists and living costs soared? Japan is dealing with overtourism in many areas that dont want it or are not prepared. So please be respectful of the locals and their neighborhood. Just my opinion.
I'm an Aussie who visited Amsterdam recently for the first time as I have Dutch ancestry (Grandfather from the Netherlands), and it's such a beautiful city. But i was disappointed with the high tourism and red light district. I can understand how the locals feel.
@blondstallion i didn't go to the red light district. I have no interest in going there as a straight female. I visited Netherlands to be in touch with my ancestry.
Don't be. They make bank on their bought houses. Nobody is poor in the innercity of Amsterdam with prices of 1 million per floor of a house. They've enough money to move somewhere more relaxed. They choose to live there. If you put your house for sale within a day it's sold. The biggest problem of historical cities is the regulations of building new stuff. You can't put modern houses or skyscrapers there. You can't build for the tourism. Amsterdam is a village with 900k population. Tokyo doesn't have these problems with 41 million population. They can build for everything. You can't touch the innercity at all in Amsterdam. If a building burns to the ground the recreate the same building from the outside look.
@@Joey-ct8bm Most people on the Kloveniersburgwal, Oudezijds Achterburgwal and Oudezijds Voorburgwal were living there before the tourist horror began when these appartments were 75.000 guilders. And they don't like the current situation. Smartass beyond your real insights.
funny how the woman said to put a stop to building hotels but that's a bit late considering that in the last 5 to 10 years they've build a 150 hotels ...i still don't see why the red light district is so touristic...
Imagine having a random line of tiktok zombies standing all day, everyday on a picturesque city canal street. Only because they want to make the same picture that thousands of people online have taken before them.
Well, tourists bring a lot of money to Amsterdam and they are mostly staying in the very centre of Amsterdam. If you live outside of the city centre, they won’t bother you at all. I rarely go to touristic parts myself as everything I need can be found in other parts of Amsterdam
I am a traveler esp to Western Europe. I have not been to Amsterdam yet because of how crowded and overwhelming the city seems. Not planning to go in the near future unless they take care of the problem.
Bahaha I was there in May and it was not that bad. Just don’t go in June, July and August. March-May is the only time I will visit. I’m going back next year and my hope is to eventually move there. It was the most unique and beautiful city I’ve been to so far.
Anyone from Amsterdam who wants to stop tourism to the city, live by your convictions and stay your arse in Amsterdam and don’t travel abroad ever again!!!! Otherwise be quiet! If it’s alright for you to travel to other places it’s alright for everyone else to do the same!
I would avoid Amsterdam. Nice city but if the locals do not want you there, well.... part of the travel experience is the warm and welcoming atmosphere. Rude and hostile reception, high prices and bad weather, who needs that?
It's all rich elites and expats in the city. One floor of a building in Amsterdam city is at least a million. They are all rich and it's not new the tourism. They knew what it would be like living there. They all got enough money to move somewhere else making a massive profit on their house. Almost nobody in the city center is born in Amsterdam innercity. They all come from outside of Amsterdam.
Princengrach/kaizergracht in the winter 20 years ago was quite and peacful, romantic and beautiful. I went there for the last time 5 years ago. a complete mess with drunk brithish and not being able to walk around like black friday in america.
For some people the glass will always be half empty. I lived there for many years and loved the busy vibe and the amount of bars cafes and terrassen that wouldn’t be viable without touriists. Even as a resident some days felt like I was on vacation 👍🏻
When they take measures to reduce tourists they should also mention how many people are loosing their jobs as a result. For example the woman talking about measures to half the number of boat tours, how many people will loose their jobs as a result of that measure...
If Amsterdam has any real problem; it’s a political over representation of 20-28 year olds that live here for a few years then move away, leaving behind years of voting in policy-makers and policies that represent people that won’t live there in a few years. Those that actually live here their full lives left underrepresented and dealing with policies, infrastructure and lasting decisions they don’t want and those that voted for it no longer being there to live with the consequences of it.
I have no interest in Amsterdam in regard to the reasons given in this video. I do not need to travel somewhere just to indulge in vices. If Amsterdam wants to discourage tourists I think that is their prerogative. More power to them. But don't complain that the tourists go away when the economy takes a down tick. Ask Hawaii how that is working out. Lots of anti-tourist sentiment and rising prices and now they're whining about the tourist numbers dropping. Plus, if a location makes it clear that they don't want me to visit......then I'll go somewhere else.
@@MaartenvanderVeeke Fine, if you don't need it and you don't want it then slow it down or stop it. Just don't complain when it bites you in the rear end. And remember, if the upcoming election in the US goes the way it is trending, northern European countries are going to be spending a lot more on their own defense. You may be tired of awful American tourists but you probably have no idea how tired most US citizens are of paying for the defense of smug US hating European countries. Without us your are Ukraine.
@@bencompson I'm not tired of American tourists, I love them, I just hate the overtourism, not tourism! Tourists should be spread out more across the Netherlands instead of being fully focused on Amsterdam. Also there is a new government which will increase the military expenditure of the Netherlands.
Only 6% of businesses make money of tourists. The most revenues go to Travel agencies, Airlines and Hotel groups owned by foreign investors etc. Just as everywhere else in the world.
@@kaydesign 6% of what businesses? In the whole country? In the region? Just in downtown? Regardless, not sure what your point is. Tourism fell off by only about 2% in Hawaii last year and it had a significant impact on local businesses according to local news sources. But again, that's not the point. If a city or country doesn't want or need tourism then fine. Make it harder on tourists to come. Tax them more. O make them unwelcome like they did in Hawaii. Just don't complain about the economic impact, like they are doing in Hawaii. Having said that, I have lived in an old southern US city (one of the oldest) where tourism has been a major part of the economy for the last 50 years or more. Tourism can and does have an erosive impact. But at the same time it has provided a vibrant restaurant scene, one of the best in the world, as well as cultural events, art, music and major income for local traditional craftsmen. Take the tourism away and all of that goes away. Pick your poison. Just don't complain about your choice.
What happened to Venice and Florence is happening to other European cities as well... these decisions to take in too many tourists for money generation is not fair to young people and coming generations! They will end up with worn out cities and all problems that is related like dilapidating infrastructure
Go to Portugal instead: friendly locals, cheap prices, nice weather, breathtaking landscape, sunny beaches, amazing history, and ofc delicious food. It is all the opposite in the Netherlands!
@@Leonard-jo2mo 😂 Amsterdam overtook Lisbon for the highest rents in the EU early this year. Locals hate tourist there as much as Amsterdam. It's a lot of expats though instead of tourist. Not a lot of locals anymore in Lisbon innercity. There's no way a average citizen from Portugal can afford Lisbon. Same prices as Amsterdam, but they have on average half the pay of somebody from the Netherlands. It's twice as bad as Amsterdam.
@@waxonflaxonNo, but you can controle things more. Nowadays rich people are buying houses just to get rented. And there is a hotel stop. The ones that are being built already had the license.
Take a look at your residents and neighbors that fall into the greed aspect of Airbnb and renting their rooms for 300.00$ plus a night and that Is for a CHEAP room. Do you want less tourists influx or you want the money. Can’t have it both ways. 🤷🏻♂️. The city tried to limit the Airbnb rentals but then those landlords do the renting illegally or fall into a category that is exempt by some loophole rule. Catch 22.
You want to deter tourist, here is a great idea. Ask tourist to buy a limited quantity pass/token to stay in Amsterdam via city council website. No pass/token, no hotel/Airbnb will check you in. 100% will deter tourist. If I have to do such a stupid administrative thing before visiting a city, I will stay far far away from it.
With so many tourists the Çouncil should be swimming in money, right? Apparently not because the local taxes for homeowners will increase 25% next year. So, the middle class can't short-rent their own houses (like when they go on holiday), they need to clean the s***e left at their door by tourists, they can hardly cycle in the centre during the Summer months. Who is profiting from the mass tourism? The gangs that own coffeeshops and hotels. Just a few come to Amsterdam to see the canals, most come for the weed. The Council should get some balls and forbid the sell to non-residents/foreigners. But then they will sell it illegally and mimimimimi.... Do we pay taxes for the police? And don't let me start on the Red Light District being right on the most noble part of the city...
Complaining about tourism as this city is build on drugs and sex tourism …. Is like The Hague had less tourist this year and half of restaurants are for sale … I don’t understand some people but we have invest in hospitality and can’t afford to lose the clients …
I am not Dutch but have been living in the Netherlands for many years, learned the language, and now work in a 100% Dutch environment with almost zero foreigners as I am I now have some family living in Amsterdam - and the first two are just pure insane people. When in the world was Amsterdam, one of the main capitals of the world, a "small village". And what's more insane is the second lady asking to forbid eating on the street when one of the most Dutch things of all time is to sit on "terassje" every day there is even a bit of sun outside.
Amsterdam should be happy to receive tourists, it is the sheer arrogance to think it doesn’t need the revenues from tourism. Just close down all coffeeshops, ban drugs. Low end tourism will drop and more culturally awareness will increase spending per tourist. Why complain about just 9.4 million tourists per year? I live in Kuala Lumpur, 22-26 million tourists per year and the city and its people love it. It’s the arrogance of these residents that will kill itself in Amsterdam.
The problem is not the numbers, it's the size of the city (or the part tourists are attracted to) and, as you mentioned, the quality, which is the worst I've ever seen in an European country. If they stopped allowing the opening of (or bought out property from) new coffeeshops, low-end bars (tourist traps) and fries/waffles/cookies stores around the city center, it would already improve a damn lot.
Amsterdam doesn't need tourism to thrive, it is the capital of The Netherlands, it has many industries, markets and activities. Tourism also has costs, Amsterdam is not rich because of tourism. It just happens to be very beautiful, pleasant, and with great people. Tourists don't really add to that, and there are too many, so I would for sure not promote too many of them.
@@boembajee I absolutely agree, but Amsterdam brought it to itself. It seemed to enjoy the tourism boom of the 00s and actively advertised itself as a destination. That combined to the liberal position and reputation of the city made a cocktail of poor decisions.
@@boembajee If the tourists go (and they're welcome to come visit the UK instead) the Dutch economy absolutely will miss the money you only have to look at how Covid crippled the Dutch tourism industry and who suffered as a result.
Issue is mainly with party tourists and the majority comes from the Schengen area I think. The Brits are really bad so I guess visas could limit that, but the Spanish that want to get high (the other biggest group) or French who for some reason come with their car to the center of the city expecting to park there for free, they cannot be stopped.
Such arrogance. I don't do drugs. But please ban drugs, limit hotels and airbnb. Then we'll see how your economy is effected by less tourists... They have no idea about Tourism economy but talking ... nonesense.
Amsterdam doesn't need tourism to thrive, it is the capital of The Netherlands, it has many industries, markets and activities. Tourism also has costs, Amsterdam is not rich because of tourism. It just happens to be very beautiful, pleasant, and with great people. Tourists don't really add to that, and there are too many.
@@boembajee i’m sure they are very happy, pleasant people and racism is not on the rise in Netherlands. So sure like i don’t have lots of friends over there…
You would think that but our numbers say something else. Would we feel it if there is less tourism? Yess, will it cripple our economy? No. Not even close. People seem to forget that The Netherlands export A LOT of produce to the entire world and houses many international companies because we barely tax multinationals. That's why The Netherlands is overrun by expats at the moment. Tourism is just our fun extra but we don't lean on it.
@@riverdorfsee4324 you barely tax(and that is 30% not like 10%) multinationals for only “5 years”. Your only advantage is you guys use English like its your first language. That is why multinationals choose you “for now”. With this mindset, you won’t go too far though.
You could sell “produce” all your life. It is not technology. I wonder what you guys will do when classified workers choose another country instead of Netherlands and with this mindset it is close.
As a Dutch citizen I don't even visit Amsterdam. Too busy, overpriced, nothing interesting to see at least not for me. Enough other nice places with a lot less tourists.
For me as an Amsterdammer the worst part of this all is the lack of respect for the locals from the tourist. They just treat my city as it's one big amusement park and we're the NPCs.
But isn't it?
i mean, arent you tho>?
Do you think the Dutch when they go to Ibiza and Thailand they respect the locals? That's how tourism works, don't take it personally that the price to pay
You call yourself a Amsterdammer, but a statistical guess is that you moved there from somewhere else in the Netherlands. I've friends living there and all the so called Amsterdammers i meet moved from outside Amsterdam.
Exactly the same can be said of the dutch when they visit the Balearic Islands, Barcelona, etc.
Who the heck are these crazies at the start. As an Amsterdammer I’ll have to apologize.
Everybody complains about tourisme but when summer rolls around they themself are playing tourist.....
True. But the problem in Amsterdam is that those 22m tourists all flock to a 6sqm city centre making it and the surrounding environment extremely crowded. The Netherlands as a country could easily support that many tourists, even more. But it becomes a real issue when its so concentrated on one spot.
Are you now downplaying the problem? Amsterdam has too many tourists. Just like Venice, Barcelona and other cities.
It’s funny to me how everyone what a to combat tourism in their cities.. while happily being tourists in other people’s cities
I work at an American airport and I check THOUSANDSs of Dutch, British, German, Italian, and Spanish sports on a daily basis. Our streets are flooded with European tourists and they’re welcomed. But when we come we’re met with regulation
Gotta take in consideration that these countries you mention are way smaller than America. If you combine The Netherlands, Germany, Italy in Spain you're not even close to the size of the USA. I hear what you're saying but as a born and raised Amsterdammer is clear that this city is just not build for the amount of tourism it attracts. Amsterdam in particular is just too small.
All depends on the kind of tourist:
- Going to a place to see the city, go to musea, get the history, eat locals food and so on.
or
- Going to a place to take drugs, party hard, get wasted, starting fights, pissing on peoples doorstep, drown in the canal.
The second group is a problem for the Amsterdam locals.
The good suffers from the actions of the bad.
@@riverdorfsee4324 Most tourists in European cities are other Europeans.
@@Moussa225 No offence but ive been to the US and ive been to a lot of Europe...Europe gets far more tourism per population and per sq km.
"This was a womderful small village" least dillusional Dutch
Forbid eating on the street?? The inhumanity is astounding.
Maybe she wanted to complain about trash on the streets left behind by tourists 😅
Yeah sitting on the stairs eating. How dare you
People should only eat at tables inside.
Why did this lady even move to a big city?
It's common in a lot of places to not allow eating on the streets. Also most places here have a place to sit down and eat so it really shouldn't be a problem. If you don't want to eat at the place then you just take your food home. I guess I personally don't see the issue...
@@StarryEyedShepherd you don't see an issue in seeimg an issue with eating in the streets? Where outside are you not allowed to eat may I ask? I've never heard of an non eating zone outside before. I live in Rotterdam and also see tourists outside but never have I got irritated with seeing people eating outside. As the Dutch would say
Dan ben je echt een zeikerd!
I think its the littering and the loitering that she is complaining about.
1:10 so banning airbnb would mean a lot of apartments would go back to locals, so rent would drop, while the cost of hotels would indeed go up, meaning less tourist and less overcrowding, which is a perfectly win-win scenario! and for a rich country like the netherlads a drop in tourism (which would still be high) would be insignificant for the economy, so the only thing that guy was wrong about is that it would be a bad thing
all the businesses that are booming in amsterdam (hotel business, cookie business, boating business), all of them will stop happening. when money is not flowing in the economy because of this, the govt. will have to do other things to fill up that gap. how will they do it? higher taxes! higher taxes. the people whose income depend upon renting houses, what they will do? charge more money for the rent! and rest you can figure out yourself 😉
No way, air b&b is not the issue here, it is already regulated. The issue is 60% of all residential housing is subsidized in Amsterdam, so called sociale woningbouw. The 40% left creates exorbitant rental and property purchasing prices. It is the failuere of decades of leftist policies, thinking everyone deserves a place in the city, whether you can afford it or not afford it.
@@akshitbhatia694 Amsterdam doesn't need tourism to thrive, it is the capital of The Netherlands, it has many industries, markets and activities. Tourism also has costs, Amsterdam is not rich because of tourism. It just happens to be very beautiful, pleasant, and with great people. Tourists don't really add to that, and there are too many, A good amount of tourist will keep coming, because it is a unique place with 400 years of history, no need to promote it or anything.
@@boembajee i dont agree with that.
In Amsterdam, tourism significantly contributes to the city's economy. The Amsterdam Economics Board estimates that tourism, including business travelers, generates over €10.3 billion annually, supporting 88,000 jobs. Additionally, tourists spend just under €2 billion each year in the city, with cultural tourism playing a significant role
also, think of how many industries depend upon tourism? i bet most of them are the ones producing essentials for hotels, ships, food etc.. all of them will be turned down.. all the big lines that you hate which tourists make are because of the fancy businesses like cookies, drugs etc... start selling these kind of things in other cities of Netherlands.. promote other places of Netherlands... that's the solution to over tourism... banning tourism would scare people away from your shores for a long time, the impact of which you can only observe later, just like impact of brexit appeared after it was done but not before then that
@@akshitbhatia694 Nope. Those tourist shops increased in numbers drastically in the last 10 years or so. Before that we didn’t have as many and the economy was doing just fine. The problem is that mass tourism creates these copy paste shops, which are mostly in possession of foreign investors. They shouldn’t exist in the first place.
Amsterdam is a cool city but IMO the best parts are away from the tourist center. There are many wonderful places to explore in the Netherlands too, outside of Amsterdam.
No. The locals need places they can enjoy too. Dont ruin their whole country for them. Japan is already dealing with too many tourists in areas that cant handle it. Please keep the visits to yourself so locals can enjoy their villages and towns in peace. Just my opinion.
You are visiting other peoples homes. Not disneyland. Show some respect please.
So basically you're saying their shouldn't be tourism anywhere? Well that means you never go anywhere as a tourist? Otherwise you sound very hypocrite.
You really don’t understand the problem. They all choose Amsterdam for a holiday and not less interesting places.
@@acebutter9241Do you know wat TOO MUCH means?
The hotel ban on the center was so stupid. Yes, they didn't allow more hotels in the center, but around the metro line, A LOT of massive hotels were allowed so number of beds increased by a huge amount. Nobody in the municipality thought that all that people who stayed in the hotels wouldn't go to the center anyway?! Yes. They spread people around a little but they all go to the center anyway, so the overcrowded center is much worse. More hotels and being constructed. Now they say they want to ban ALL hotels, in like 3-5 years? So we will go from 22 million to what? 30?
In the meantime the city is filthy, and taxes for citizens continue go up.
The problem is tourism does benefit the city, but when you pass certain threshold it only benefits a few and everyone else suffers!
Amsterdam is one or the most over overcrowded city in the world perhaps? The ratio between residents and visitors is like 22:1 :(
This is actually because Schiphol is the gateway to Europe. It's the second most travelled airport of the EU with 62 million passengers a year. Nobody is complaining who bought a house 30 years ago. I saw a women on AT5 who bought it at 200k and it's worth 1.3 million now.
It's a great idea to split international air traffic to another airport in Rotterdam. That would relief Amsterdam of some tourism. We've 99% of international air traffic in one spot.
0:18 'This was a wonderful small village'. Terwijl hij gewoon voor het rijks museum staat.... Ja over-tourisme brengt problemen met zich mee maar sommige mensen hebben ook wel echt een verkeerd beeld van vroeger.
Yes exactly
Ja, dat klopt. Wanneer in de geschiedenis van Amsterdam was het een klein dorp?
@@Bergen98 Toen het net op was gericht in de 13e eeuw...
All the measures that are being taken in Amsterdam to reduce tourism are a great display about the level of disconnection politicians have with the common citizen, most of the measures taken against tourists are actually affecting the locals.
This used to be an amazingly beautiful, fairly clean and working city, years of mismanagement led to this terrible situation the city is in right now.
Creating "spaces for multiple uses", yeah, they've been repeating this for years... in the meantime they are creating new neighborhoods that don't even have a supermarket, a small store for groceries, pharmacies, a variety of bars and restaurants, pushing everyone to go to the city center for absolutely everything. I know that because I lived in two of those new neighborhoods, and I live in one of those right now.
Amsterdam's new neighborhoods are designed to provide housing and that's it, for the rest... go to the center.
They need to spread tourism around more. Other cities in The Netherlands have canals, old buildings, very good musea, coffeeshops and red light districts too. Perhaps many people dont know this, but its far better to stay somewhere else, have a more authentic experience and perhaps see Amsterdam on a day trip which you can do with a quick and easy train ride.
No. We don´t tourists all over NL. It's fine if they stay in Amsterdam. Already in Rotterdam we're overrun by cruiseship PAX.
@@urbandiscountAgreed. Let the locals have their own places to be able to afford to live and enjoy life. If foreigners want to visit, they should keep it to themselves where possible. Japan already is being turned into disneyland by some less respectful tourists. So please be respectful of locals and let them live in peace in their towns. Just my opinion.
They want to be in Amsterdam! Not in Schubbekutteveen. AMSTERDAM ❌❌❌
@@on-the-pitch-p3w Yeah I want to be in Amsterdam too. I just dont want all of them to be there as well... :D
City life always comes at a price..
If i would pick a city to go to in the Netherlands it would be Maastricht if you don't like the crazy over tourism. It has everything and is close to Belgium and Germany. You can fly from Amsterdam to Maastricht too. You don't even have to drive.
and what a beautiful city! But a lot of people don't travel to see the country they travel to show other people they did, Amsterdam comes with the hype. I have been in Germany many times, never went to a major city there and nobody it's interested about that because it's not Berlin etc
I wonder why all the tourists don't go to Almere instead, it's a newer city, andjust as Dutch. So shouldn't it be better?
I have never been to Amsterdam before and have been planning a trip there later this year. This is making me rethink going. If I am to receive a hostile welcome from the locals, well... maybe it's not worth it.
Don’t come please
People are chill, you are welcome (:
It is chill. As any other place in the world, there are people that doesn’t like foreigners or tourists. A tip to not annoy any resident is: watch out with the bike lanes.
Try to avoid peak seasons.
Don’t stay only in the center or even not only in Amsterdam, there are other and maybe even nicer cities than Amsterdam, like Maastricht, Delft, Utrecht, Giethorn…
People are nice here, everyone speaks English and they are open to help.
The issue is with tourists that doesn’t pay respect to the city, throws trash in the streets and have a misconception of the city and only comes for the drugs. The way that my city countered that was that only residents can enter the coffee shops.
I think this could be the future of Europe because producing anything in Europe is challenging due to high energy cost and high inflation (thus, higher salary demand). As a result, to produce economic activity, they must focus on tourism, which can't be replicated elsewhere. (like: one must go to Paris to see Eiffel)
that's not entirely the point, NL is the 2nd largest agro exporter globally. We're not dependent on tourism anyway. Tourism in Amsterdam costs more than the revenues it brings in.
Amsterdam already has AirBnB regulations, max 30 days per year. And no, it does not decrease rent, hotel rooms or the influx of tourists. The effect is way too small to have any significant impact.
The govt doesn’t do a great job at the limits of those airbnbs.
I have Friends who had just rented recently.
In their search for air bnb rental C
countless Landlords on air bnb asked ( many places they inquired about to rent btw). . “Let’s do this rental personal contract off record”, meaning off air bnb.
To think it is limited to 30 nights a year rental by your neighbors , you are simply delusional. Money money money.
Can’t have this both ways, less tourist in AMS or all the money you desire from your rental home. 🤷🏻♂️
Amsterdam is the example of a success story where the residents are being punished for being nice .
That is the biggest BS I have heard😂😂😂 and I originate from Amsterdam. Amsterdam isn’t so mich ‘successful’, it just happens to be an attractive place for low end tourism. Due to the leftist policies in which everything is being tolerated and drugs are king. And I haven’t met many ‘friendly Amsterdam residents’, quite the opposite…
@@EGO0808ur just miserable, there is nice people too
@@EGO0808 It wouldn't be Amsterdam anymore without the tolerance. We do the most drugs by the way, it's not the tourists. We should've made hard drugs legal a long time ago. Portugal is ahead of us now.
Totally right about being too nice. Dont hear about this happening in New York City lol.
1:50 - 2:15 had me howling because the guy's just admonishing the tourists right in their faces with no fear whatsoever 😭 The girl at 2:00 was so offended PLEASE
no but forreal it is so silly that everybody's waiting in line. The same is for stroopwafels which is a dutch cookie, and tourists are paying way too much because it was a hype on tiktok. So at leat he straight up told them
The kanal cruise is nice everywhere is water ❤
how does Amsterdam tackle short stay accommodations. do nonresidents buy up real estates and turn them into airbnb? are there upward pressure on rental/home prices on residents? how are these negative pressures tackled by governments?
yes yes yes and "hardly at all"
If you don't build more hotels in the centre and you build them away, people will just come to the centre and you will overload the public transport for locals commuting when the tourists could just walk from their hotel...
Only 6% of Amsterdam businesses make money of tourists. The most revenues go to Travel agencies, Airlines and Hotel groups owned by investors etc. Just as almost everywhere else in the world…
1:00 Opinions differ: asks the people who are tourists and not even Dutch
that guy is Dutch
Went there in 2018 would love to go back again
I used to live in the heart of Amsterdam, just a stone's throw from the Red Light District. Amsterdam is a stunning city, and I never minded the tourists-after all, the world is meant for everyone to explore, not just locals.
Complains about blocking streets, 1:59, blocks the street.
Because the film director asked to walk there. 🙄
The main thing I struggle with the most living in the netherlands nd when I visit amsterdam is how messy people are. There are so many rubbish bins everywhere yet people are lazy and just chuck it on the streets. There is also a huge housing crisis that needs to be put into consideration. Of course i understand people want to see new places and so they should but PEOPLE PLEASE CHUCK OUT YOUR RUBBISH. I have also noticed a huge difference when I lived in Australia for a while.
Don't forget the new thing of getting money if you return soda cans, this thing was already in effect for plastic bottles, but now you see a lot of people dumpster diving to collect soda cans, meanwile chucking everything that was in the trashcan out of it.
This also happens in trains.
The issue is that some countries have huge population, the world is too crowded.😢 So Europe is flooded with tourists from certain countries the most. Humans have overpopulated the Earth. The result is bad.😢 I feel for the locals though. 🇳🇱i have never been to the Netherlands. Ik kom uit Hongarije.
I never understand why tourists flock to places like Amsterdam, Barcelona, etc, who obviously don't want them anymore when there are so many nicer, quainter, and more authentic places in the Netherlands and Spain.
And then they flood those places and peace is gone?
@blackvikingeire Yeah, that makes sense....lol.. The tourist hordes flooding into Lieden....lol... You overestimate the average tourist's ability to plan and think for themselves while underestimating their lack of imagination and predilection to follow the crowds like sheep...
This is actually because airport Schiphol Amsterdam is the gateway to Europe. It's the second most travelled airport of the EU with 62 million passengers a year. They all stop here and then think.. Let's do Amsterdam too. All these measures would just split tourism over more cities because of Schiphol. It won't stop people coming.
People live in those places. Maybe respect their wishes to be left in peace. Leave those visits to yourself please. Would you like it if your quiet town was overrun with tourists and living costs soared?
Japan is dealing with overtourism in many areas that dont want it or are not prepared. So please be respectful of the locals and their neighborhood.
Just my opinion.
@@Joey-ct8bmMost people from Schiphol AirPort don’t even come to Amsterdam. You really must know that. 😂
I'm an Aussie who visited Amsterdam recently for the first time as I have Dutch ancestry (Grandfather from the Netherlands), and it's such a beautiful city. But i was disappointed with the high tourism and red light district. I can understand how the locals feel.
So you went to the red light district. JUST DON'T.
You're one of the people who causes the crowds.
@blondstallion i didn't go to the red light district. I have no interest in going there as a straight female.
I visited Netherlands to be in touch with my ancestry.
Don't be. They make bank on their bought houses. Nobody is poor in the innercity of Amsterdam with prices of 1 million per floor of a house. They've enough money to move somewhere more relaxed. They choose to live there. If you put your house for sale within a day it's sold.
The biggest problem of historical cities is the regulations of building new stuff. You can't put modern houses or skyscrapers there. You can't build for the tourism. Amsterdam is a village with 900k population. Tokyo doesn't have these problems with 41 million population. They can build for everything. You can't touch the innercity at all in Amsterdam. If a building burns to the ground the recreate the same building from the outside look.
@@alaska1790 How can you be disappointed if you didn't go there?
Thats just weird.
@@Joey-ct8bm Most people on the Kloveniersburgwal, Oudezijds Achterburgwal and Oudezijds Voorburgwal were living there before the tourist horror began when these appartments were 75.000 guilders.
And they don't like the current situation.
Smartass beyond your real insights.
funny how the woman said to put a stop to building hotels but that's a bit late considering that in the last 5 to 10 years they've build a 150 hotels ...i still don't see why the red light district is so touristic...
Er is nu een stop op hotels. Alle hotels die nu nog gebouwd worden stonden allang in de planning.
The guy was complaining about a waiting line for a cookie shop? Is that it? Go ask the shop owner if they don't appreciate the businesse.
Imagine having a random line of tiktok zombies standing all day, everyday on a picturesque city canal street. Only because they want to make the same picture that thousands of people online have taken before them.
@@Ixdee The irony though is that, 'annoying line-up outside of small business from viral X' is far, far from an Amsterdam only phenomenon.
A lot of Americans and Europeans are advocating for a Thanos Snap.
unsurprised Tom Nook would know this
Huh
Well, tourists bring a lot of money to Amsterdam and they are mostly staying in the very centre of Amsterdam. If you live outside of the city centre, they won’t bother you at all. I rarely go to touristic parts myself as everything I need can be found in other parts of Amsterdam
MEGA VIDEO
As an Amsterdammer I am so sad that my city was stolen from me by mass tourism
Mine was stolen by migrants....try to take it easy ....✌
Amsterdam is niet gestolen van jouw. Maar je moet vooral niet doen alsof jullie zelf niet allemaal naar zuid Europa op vakantie gaan.
Uit welke dorpje ben je naar Amsterdam verhuisd?
@@MegaJordan691 hoezo ? ik woon al 32 jaar in A’dam
Hallo 🇳🇱 I feel for you.😢
I am a traveler esp to Western Europe. I have not been to Amsterdam yet because of how crowded and overwhelming the city seems. Not planning to go in the near future unless they take care of the problem.
Bahaha I was there in May and it was not that bad. Just don’t go in June, July and August. March-May is the only time I will visit. I’m going back next year and my hope is to eventually move there. It was the most unique and beautiful city I’ve been to so far.
outside of the city centre is not that busy.
Interesting take. "I won't come to Amsterdam as a tourist, not until you take care of your tourist problem"
Anyone from Amsterdam who wants to stop tourism to the city, live by your convictions and stay your arse in Amsterdam and don’t travel abroad ever again!!!! Otherwise be quiet! If it’s alright for you to travel to other places it’s alright for everyone else to do the same!
'they should ban eating in the streets' lol some people can't see beyond 'this bothers me, why is it legal??'
I would avoid Amsterdam. Nice city but if the locals do not want you there, well.... part of the travel experience is the warm and welcoming atmosphere. Rude and hostile reception, high prices and bad weather, who needs that?
Thank you. Pls go somewhere else. 😍
lol if you say so… I was there in May and had an incredible experience.
Your mom use mdma in Amsterdam 😮
good thinking. please don't come
It's all rich elites and expats in the city. One floor of a building in Amsterdam city is at least a million. They are all rich and it's not new the tourism. They knew what it would be like living there. They all got enough money to move somewhere else making a massive profit on their house. Almost nobody in the city center is born in Amsterdam innercity. They all come from outside of Amsterdam.
I’ll take my money somewhere else
Please do. ❤ Amsterdam is rich enough! Thank you!
The guy in the green shirt knows whats up.
Princengrach/kaizergracht in the winter 20 years ago was quite and peacful, romantic and beautiful. I went there for the last time 5 years ago. a complete mess with drunk brithish and not being able to walk around like black friday in america.
For some people the glass will always be half empty. I lived there for many years and loved the busy vibe and the amount of bars cafes and terrassen that wouldn’t be viable without touriists.
Even as a resident some days felt like I was on vacation 👍🏻
I probably changed my opinion on visiting Amsterdam
wow. Is this guy for real? Has somone used AI to animate Tim or is this just him?
Dingeman is an interesting name
how is the city going to make money without tourism?
People eating outside is a problem ?
That lady is really strict.
When they take measures to reduce tourists they should also mention how many people are loosing their jobs as a result.
For example the woman talking about measures to half the number of boat tours, how many people will loose their jobs as a result of that measure...
Not many
We have a labor shortage so please do.
rules for all or rules for none.
If Amsterdam has any real problem; it’s a political over representation of 20-28 year olds that live here for a few years then move away, leaving behind years of voting in policy-makers and policies that represent people that won’t live there in a few years. Those that actually live here their full lives left underrepresented and dealing with policies, infrastructure and lasting decisions they don’t want and those that voted for it no longer being there to live with the consequences of it.
I miss Amsterdam. It's not what it used to be.
I have no interest in Amsterdam in regard to the reasons given in this video. I do not need to travel somewhere just to indulge in vices. If Amsterdam wants to discourage tourists I think that is their prerogative. More power to them. But don't complain that the tourists go away when the economy takes a down tick. Ask Hawaii how that is working out. Lots of anti-tourist sentiment and rising prices and now they're whining about the tourist numbers dropping. Plus, if a location makes it clear that they don't want me to visit......then I'll go somewhere else.
difference is that Hawaii depends on tourism while Amsterdam doesn't
@@MaartenvanderVeeke Fine, if you don't need it and you don't want it then slow it down or stop it. Just don't complain when it bites you in the rear end. And remember, if the upcoming election in the US goes the way it is trending, northern European countries are going to be spending a lot more on their own defense. You may be tired of awful American tourists but you probably have no idea how tired most US citizens are of paying for the defense of smug US hating European countries. Without us your are Ukraine.
@@bencompson I'm not tired of American tourists, I love them, I just hate the overtourism, not tourism! Tourists should be spread out more across the Netherlands instead of being fully focused on Amsterdam. Also there is a new government which will increase the military expenditure of the Netherlands.
Only 6% of businesses make money of tourists. The most revenues go to Travel agencies, Airlines and Hotel groups owned by foreign investors etc. Just as everywhere else in the world.
@@kaydesign 6% of what businesses? In the whole country? In the region? Just in downtown? Regardless, not sure what your point is. Tourism fell off by only about 2% in Hawaii last year and it had a significant impact on local businesses according to local news sources. But again, that's not the point. If a city or country doesn't want or need tourism then fine. Make it harder on tourists to come. Tax them more. O make them unwelcome like they did in Hawaii. Just don't complain about the economic impact, like they are doing in Hawaii.
Having said that, I have lived in an old southern US city (one of the oldest) where tourism has been a major part of the economy for the last 50 years or more. Tourism can and does have an erosive impact. But at the same time it has provided a vibrant restaurant scene, one of the best in the world, as well as cultural events, art, music and major income for local traditional craftsmen. Take the tourism away and all of that goes away. Pick your poison. Just don't complain about your choice.
What happened to Venice and Florence is happening to other European cities as well... these decisions to take in too many tourists for money generation is not fair to young people and coming generations! They will end up with worn out cities and all problems that is related like dilapidating infrastructure
The fake cookie the original is 50 meters further ,van Stapelen
Smart coffeeshops 🇩🇪
Go to Portugal instead: friendly locals, cheap prices, nice weather, breathtaking landscape, sunny beaches, amazing history, and ofc delicious food. It is all the opposite in the Netherlands!
Yes. Amsterdam sucks while Lisbon is one of the best places on Earth to spend a vacation.
Yes please go to Portugal and leave us Amsterdammers alone.
Well Portuguese food is not special at all, and for the rest it appreciate Portugal very much… people like to see different things in life you know
Delicious food? "oh, let's take this piece of shitty cod and put it in everything!"
@@Leonard-jo2mo 😂 Amsterdam overtook Lisbon for the highest rents in the EU early this year. Locals hate tourist there as much as Amsterdam. It's a lot of expats though instead of tourist. Not a lot of locals anymore in Lisbon innercity. There's no way a average citizen from Portugal can afford Lisbon. Same prices as Amsterdam, but they have on average half the pay of somebody from the Netherlands. It's twice as bad as Amsterdam.
0:16 Resident appears to be extremely disrespectful. The man should know his place, learn some manners 😡
A complete ban on using residential housing for tourists (Airbnb) should be applied throughout Europe. And only a certain number of hotels...
That just gives hotels a monopoly?
@@waxonflaxon a shame someone isn't actually living in those Airbnb's though, housing crisis
@@waxonflaxonNo, but you can controle things more. Nowadays rich people are buying houses just to get rented. And there is a hotel stop. The ones that are being built already had the license.
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Without tourism how would you make your money.. The canals aren't that interesting.
BRUSSELS - PARIS
Please go. ❤
Take a look at your residents and neighbors that fall into the greed aspect of Airbnb and renting their rooms for 300.00$ plus a night and that Is for a CHEAP room. Do you want less tourists influx or you want the money. Can’t have it both ways. 🤷🏻♂️. The city tried to limit the Airbnb rentals but then those landlords do the renting illegally or fall into a category that is exempt by some loophole rule. Catch 22.
No more hostels !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤑🤑🤑
Harlem is much nicer in every way than Amsterdam!
Ok.. 😂
Haarlem in the Netherlands is spelled with a double A. Harlem in New York is spelled with a single A. Greetings from a Haarlem local
Haarlem is TINY. Worth it for about an hour at most.
@@kevinl8440 I guess you don’t know Haarlem that well
@@MLWitteman I have been to Haarlem enough to know how tiny it is.
I'm really eager to come live there in 20 days 😍 I think it's gonna be the experience of a lifetime
More expensive = better
You want to deter tourist, here is a great idea. Ask tourist to buy a limited quantity pass/token to stay in Amsterdam via city council website. No pass/token, no hotel/Airbnb will check you in.
100% will deter tourist.
If I have to do such a stupid administrative thing before visiting a city, I will stay far far away from it.
With so many tourists the Çouncil should be swimming in money, right? Apparently not because the local taxes for homeowners will increase 25% next year. So, the middle class can't short-rent their own houses (like when they go on holiday), they need to clean the s***e left at their door by tourists, they can hardly cycle in the centre during the Summer months. Who is profiting from the mass tourism? The gangs that own coffeeshops and hotels. Just a few come to Amsterdam to see the canals, most come for the weed. The Council should get some balls and forbid the sell to non-residents/foreigners. But then they will sell it illegally and mimimimimi.... Do we pay taxes for the police? And don't let me start on the Red Light District being right on the most noble part of the city...
Me also I want to come in America
Complaining about tourism as this city is build on drugs and sex tourism …. Is like The Hague had less tourist this year and half of restaurants are for sale … I don’t understand some people but we have invest in hospitality and can’t afford to lose the clients …
I am not Dutch but have been living in the Netherlands for many years, learned the language, and now work in a 100% Dutch environment with almost zero foreigners as I am I now have some family living in Amsterdam - and the first two are just pure insane people. When in the world was Amsterdam, one of the main capitals of the world, a "small village". And what's more insane is the second lady asking to forbid eating on the street when one of the most Dutch things of all time is to sit on "terassje" every day there is even a bit of sun outside.
You are not dutch
EU should stop subsidising flights
(But they never will cos Airbus is European)
If u take out the red light district and drugs let’s see…… I bet half of them will be gone.
The RLD is there already for hundreds of years. Same as drugs. Perhaps you are not aware that Amsterdam had his own heroïn factory?
And you don’t want to bet with me because you know nothing how Amsterdam makes her money. 😊
A lot of these Norwegians are not Norwegians 🤣
Amsterdam should be happy to receive tourists, it is the sheer arrogance to think it doesn’t need the revenues from tourism. Just close down all coffeeshops, ban drugs. Low end tourism will drop and more culturally awareness will increase spending per tourist. Why complain about just 9.4 million tourists per year? I live in Kuala Lumpur, 22-26 million tourists per year and the city and its people love it. It’s the arrogance of these residents that will kill itself in Amsterdam.
The problem is not the numbers, it's the size of the city (or the part tourists are attracted to) and, as you mentioned, the quality, which is the worst I've ever seen in an European country.
If they stopped allowing the opening of (or bought out property from) new coffeeshops, low-end bars (tourist traps) and fries/waffles/cookies stores around the city center, it would already improve a damn lot.
Amsterdam doesn't need tourism to thrive, it is the capital of The Netherlands, it has many industries, markets and activities. Tourism also has costs, Amsterdam is not rich because of tourism. It just happens to be very beautiful, pleasant, and with great people. Tourists don't really add to that, and there are too many, so I would for sure not promote too many of them.
@@boembajee I absolutely agree, but Amsterdam brought it to itself.
It seemed to enjoy the tourism boom of the 00s and actively advertised itself as a destination.
That combined to the liberal position and reputation of the city made a cocktail of poor decisions.
@@jonathansocol totally agree, 🙏🙏🙏
@@boembajee If the tourists go (and they're welcome to come visit the UK instead) the Dutch economy absolutely will miss the money you only have to look at how Covid crippled the Dutch tourism industry and who suffered as a result.
Too many people from Asia and UK. Just limit with visas then.
Issue is mainly with party tourists and the majority comes from the Schengen area I think. The Brits are really bad so I guess visas could limit that, but the Spanish that want to get high (the other biggest group) or French who for some reason come with their car to the center of the city expecting to park there for free, they cannot be stopped.
Social Media, is the problem.
*HeT iS GeNuG*
Get rid of the brothels.
with limiting toilets and aggressive cyclist
Just don’t walk on the red-painted asphalt and you’re good to go.
Go to Rotterdam. It's beautiful and fun like Amsterdam without the swarms of tourists.
Rotterdam is nothing like Amsterdam and sucks. Utretch and Leiden are better suggestions.
@@kevinl8440 - Rotterdam is amazing, I can’t wait to go back!
No, we don´t want tourists in Rotterdam. We 're already knee deep in cruise ship hordes.
@@urbandiscount - sorry for you. I guess you never travel.
Let's look at tiny scyscrapers all day lol.
Eating 😂
Amsterdam should totally stop tourists come to their city
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Gatekeepers…
Amsterdam is nice but the canals are filthy. I do like Italy, 🇮🇹 Spain, 🇪🇸 France 🇫🇷 more. They are three favorite countries.
Such arrogance. I don't do drugs. But please ban drugs, limit hotels and airbnb. Then we'll see how your economy is effected by less tourists... They have no idea about Tourism economy but talking ... nonesense.
Amsterdam doesn't need tourism to thrive, it is the capital of The Netherlands, it has many industries, markets and activities. Tourism also has costs, Amsterdam is not rich because of tourism. It just happens to be very beautiful, pleasant, and with great people. Tourists don't really add to that, and there are too many.
@@boembajee i’m sure they are very happy, pleasant people and racism is not on the rise in Netherlands. So sure like i don’t have lots of friends over there…
You would think that but our numbers say something else. Would we feel it if there is less tourism? Yess, will it cripple our economy? No. Not even close. People seem to forget that The Netherlands export A LOT of produce to the entire world and houses many international companies because we barely tax multinationals. That's why The Netherlands is overrun by expats at the moment. Tourism is just our fun extra but we don't lean on it.
@@riverdorfsee4324 you barely tax(and that is 30% not like 10%) multinationals for only “5 years”. Your only advantage is you guys use English like its your first language. That is why multinationals choose you “for now”. With this mindset, you won’t go too far though.
You could sell “produce” all your life. It is not technology. I wonder what you guys will do when classified workers choose another country instead of Netherlands and with this mindset it is close.
Old fool lool
As a Dutch citizen I don't even visit Amsterdam. Too busy, overpriced, nothing interesting to see at least not for me. Enough other nice places with a lot less tourists.
Fine! Don’t you dare to visit Amsterdam. Now or in the future. We don’t like tourists. 🎉
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gayest thing i read all day
Forbid them visiting the red light district and the rembrandt plein and forbid weed smoking for them