What is going on in Holland/The Netherlands?

Good, they're cleaning up the streets of the undesirables at last...

The Dutch capital - which is famed for its legalised prostitution on the Red Light District, selling weed in coffee shops and historic landmarks such as the Anne Frank House - is thought to be visited by almost nine million tourists per year but the city has now launched the discouragement campaign” to keep visitors out who arrive with the interests of drink, drugs and sex.

Sofyan Mbarki, the city’s deputy mayor who is implementing the tourism measures, said: "The aim of the discouragement campaign is to keep out visitors that we do not want. If we love the city, we must take action now. Action is needed to prevent nuisance and overcrowding. Amsterdam is a world city and bustle and liveliness come along with this but to keep our city liveable we need to choose limits instead of irresponsible growth."

According to reports by EuroNews, the city's residents say the area draws intoxicated tourists who create an uncomfortable and unsafe atmosphere and that the coffee shops - which legally sell cannabis - often bring in "rowdy" crowds of partygoers.

Earlier this week, Mbariki proposed a series of measures to combat the supposed trouble included a ban on smoking cannabis in city centre streets, reducing number of nuisance bachelor parties and pub crawls and limits on the number of river cruises and relocating 100 brothel windows to an "erotic hotel" away from the city centre, with talks in place surrounding the idea of restricting marijuana sales after 4pm from Thursday to Sunday.
 
It will be interesting to find out how customs workers in airports, train stations and other arrival points in the country will be able to determine which visitors arrive "with the interest of drugs, drinks and sex"? Are they carrying signs? And the businesses now profiting from the immoral activities will certainly fight back. It should have been nipped in the bud years and year ago. But hindsight is always 20-20!!
 
rwb said:
It will be interesting to find out how customs workers in airports, train stations and other arrival points in the country will be able to determine which visitors arrive "with the interest of drugs, drinks and sex"? Are they carrying signs? And the businesses now profiting from the immoral activities will certainly fight back. It should have been nipped in the bud years and year ago. But hindsight is always 20-20!!
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they simply could just close those drug cafe's and brothels ...
 
which would see the government directly buying livestock land to reduce “undesirable emissions” so that farms fall in line with EU targets.



The country is under pressure from the EU to meet its conservation and agriculture rules, and cut nitrogen emissions in half by 2030.
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https://www.foodingredientsfirst.co...to-fall-in-line-with-eu-emission-targets.html

Agri-cooperatives and European farmers representatives Copa-Cogeca told FoodIngredientsFirst in September that any reduction in farming output in Europe will yield limited climate gains, as it would lead to environmental leakage. Where food imports, from more polluting countries, would increase and thus offset any gains achieved by reducing emissions in the EU.
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They don’t suggest what will happen to this land. People need food!
 
I worked in Amsterdam for a number of years, and you could spot a tourist a mile away, more so the ones that the government is now hoping to discourage. It's a wonderful city with great art, history and culture and it's a shame that many only see the seedier side of it.
Personally, I prefer Utrecht.
 
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