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It was really weird walking in Amsterdam during summer this time around. Generally for past few year, I had seen explosions of tourists doing a weekend tours. T
by debarshri 5y ago
It was really weird walking in Amsterdam during summer this time around. Generally for past few year, I had seen explosions of tourists doing a weekend tours. There used to be barely any foot space to walk near dam square and shopping streets. This time I just was able to be make an appoint for Anne Frank museum a day before and simply walk in without a queue. This is the conundrum of tourism. If you too much tourist in the city then if feels like a Disney land, if there too little then there is no business. I wouldn't just blame Airbnb for the tourist explosion but in general there are lot of cheaper hotels, hostels which attract not so nice tourists. This summer was great for me but not that good for the local businesses. Balancing this ecosystem is I think pretty hard. One of the things i was thinking how you could solve would be purpose make navigating throughout the city difficult. That forces people to stay longer, therefore limits people who come for short haul.
- pintxo 5y agoSame in Berlin in 2020. What a strange feeling it was to walk through the city almost alone. A big disaster for hotels & business, but a small wonder for the local crowd.
- HPsquared 5y agoIt often seems to be the case that, in cities, the interests of businesses are opposed to the interests of residents.
- jmercouris 5y agoUnless you live in mitte, which basically nobody does, there didn’t feel much difference to me.
- azemetre 5y agoAren't you forgetting the massive global pandemic that has surely impacted how, where, and when people vacation? Kinda hard to blame too much "disney-ification" on lack of tourists when tourism is being hit hard every where.
- namdnay 5y agoI don't think they were blaming the lack fo tourists on anything - just saying that it was nice to have fewer of them