Amsterdam tells British sex-and-drug tourists:
Stay away!
Dutch capital launches ad campaign to scare off
drunken (male) Brits.
Amsterdam wants coffee shop ban for tourists
Local residents have long complained of disruption
caused by drunken tourists — who also make good use of the city's cannabis
"coffee shops" |
BY NICOLAS
CAMUT
MARCH 29,
2023 11:06 AM CET
https://www.politico.eu/article/stay-away-amsterdam-young-british-tourist-sex-drugs/
“So, coming to Amsterdam for a messy night? Stay
away.”
That’s the
message from Amsterdam city authorities, who have launched an online
advertising campaign to warn visitors against “let[ting] loose” in the Dutch
capital.
People who
look up terms like “stag party Amsterdam,” “cheap hotel Amsterdam” or “pub
crawl Amsterdam” on the internet ahead of a visit to the Dutch city will be
shown short videos stressing “the risks and consequences of nuisance and
excessive alcohol and drug use,” the city of Amsterdam said in a statement
published Tuesday.
Initially
targeting “British men aged 18 to 35,” the campaign could be extended to
tourists from the Netherlands or EU countries “in the course of the year,” the
statement read.
To the
sound of sirens, broken glass and threatening music, one video depicts an
unconscious young man being taken to the hospital after “tak[ing] drugs,” while
another one shows a man, visibly inebriated, being arrested at the crack of
dawn after he insulted two policemen.
“Coming to
Amsterdam for a messy night + getting trashed = €140 fine + criminal record,”
the ads’ captions say, adding: “Stay away.”
The city of
Amsterdam, which welcomes around 20 million tourists every year, is famous for
its red light district, which has contributed to turning the city into one of
Europe’s party capitals.
But local
residents have long complained of disruption caused by drunken tourists — who
also make good use of the city’s cannabis “coffee shops.”
The advert
campaign is part of a wider crackdown from the city of Amsterdam on rowdy
tourists: Last month, local authorities passed new regulations making it
illegal to smoke cannabis in the red light district.
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