Amsterdam tells British tourists to stay away in clampdown on sex and drugs
The Dutch capital is well-known for a relaxed attitude to sex and drugs but has launched a campaign to discourage groups of partying young Brits.
Amsterdam has become the latest holiday destination to tell British travellers to “stay away” as it tries to discourage tourists seeking sex, drugs and drinking trips.
Young British men have become the target of a campaign launched in the Dutch capital on Tuesday aimed at putting a stop to drug and alcohol-fuelled partying.
Amsterdam has long been a destination for British stag and hen parties, with groups seeking to take advantage of the city’s famous carefree attitude to sex and substances.
But in a effort to curb rowdier behaviour and anti-social gatherings, especially around the Red Light district, the city is deter younger men from the UK from going, the Mail Online reports.
The European city is the latest place popular with Brits that has seemingly turned its back on travellers from the UK.
Recently the president of holiday isle Lanzarote, María Dolores Corujo, said it wanted to attract “higher-quality” tourists rather than the usual British contingent.
Amsterdam's new campaign is dubbed “Stay Away” and is set to involve a cyber campaign which will flash warnings for those searching for terms on the internet such as “stag party Amsterdam” or “pub crawl Amsterdam”.
Ads will pop up showing the “risks and consequences of anti-social behaviour and excessive drug and alcohol use” including results of that actions, such as fines, arrest, criminal records and hospitalisation or sexual health issues.
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The city council said in a statement: “The campaign will commence in Great Britain, aimed at males in the age category of 18 to 35 years.
“This online discouragement campaign is aimed at nuisance tourists who want to visit Amsterdam to ''go wild'', with all the ensuing consequences.”
Once trialled with UK visitors the city said it would be expanded to “potential nuisance-causing visitors from the Netherlands and other EU-countries” in the coming year.
Despite a historically liberal attitude to drugs, Amsterdam recently announced a ban on smoking cannabis in the Red Light district as well as restrictions on alcohol consumptions and earlier closing times for bars, cafes and sex clubs.
A plan is also afoot by authorities to look into moving sex works to large “erotic centres” outside the city.
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