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Bye Bye ‘Beer Bike’? Amsterdam Determined to Tame Tourism

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday May 19 2018, @08:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the courting-tame-tourism dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Amsterdam unveiled far-reaching plans on Wednesday to rein in tourism, reflecting the dissatisfaction of many residents who feel the city's historic center has been overrun.

The leading Green-Left and other parties negotiating a new municipal government after March elections vowed to return "Balance to the City", in a document of that name seen by Reuters.

"The positive sides of tourism such as employment and city revenues are being more and more overshadowed by the negative consequences" including trash and noise pollution, the document said.

Changes the document outlines include curtailing "amusement transportation" such as multi-person "beer bikes"; cracking down on alcohol use in boats on the canals; further restricting AirBnB and other home rentals; and a large tax hike.

The plans announced on Wednesday also include creating an inventory of all commercial beds in the city to try to cap various sectors such as those on cruise ships and in hotels.

"I'm very happy that the city is now finally taking action, because residents have been asking for it for a very long time," said Bert Nap of neighborhood organization d'Oude Binnenstad, in the historic center.

"What I'm worried about is that this package of measures is so drastic that there will be a lot of lawsuits and political resistance, which will cost a lot of time."

Source: http://www.oann.com/bye-bye-beer-bike-amsterdam-determined-to-tame-tourism/

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by requerdanos on Saturday May 19 2018, @10:05PM (3 children)

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 19 2018, @10:05PM (#681677) Journal

    Bonus points if you can raise taxes in a job killing way

    Economy- (and therefore job-) killing taxes are pretty much the only kind, which is why they must be used with care. No macroeconomic system has ever taxed itself out of unemployment and into prosperity, despite many promising attempts.

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  • (Score: 2) by dry on Monday May 21 2018, @12:43AM (2 children)

    by dry (223) on Monday May 21 2018, @12:43AM (#681997) Journal

    Sure they have, just combine with war. An example is America after the depression and through to the late '60's and later.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @02:06PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @02:06PM (#682169)

      Problem, you gotta win the war.

      • (Score: 2) by dry on Monday May 21 2018, @03:02PM

        by dry (223) on Monday May 21 2018, @03:02PM (#682207) Journal

        Well, at least not lose the war. A stalemate might be perfect as it can go on forever.