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   Officials in Amsterdam hope to crack down on excessive party   
   antics from locals and tourists alike, as residents claim that   
   increasing numbers of merrymakers are ravaging their city like a   
   “naughty Disneyland” and bringing down the general quality of   
   life for all.   
      
   “Amsterdam can better focus on banning groups of drunk, puking   
   bachelor parties, for example from England. That is what really   
   causes trouble,” Huffnagel said.   
   “Amsterdam can better focus on banning groups of drunk, puking   
   bachelor parties, for example from England. That is what really   
   causes trouble,” Huffnagel said. (iStock)   
      
   On Oct. 15, a former deputy mayor for the city of Amsterdam   
   suggested that local politicians currently in office even   
   consider banning bachelor parties and their “drunk, puking”   
   mischief altogether.   
      
   “Amsterdam can better focus on banning groups of drunk, puking   
   bachelor parties, for example from England. That is what really   
   causes trouble,” Frits Huffnagel, a former official, told The   
   Sun.   
      
   Huffnagel further claimed that bachelor parties in the historic,   
   canal-laced city, been getting more and more “out of hand” in   
   recent years as they attract revelers from all over Europe.   
   Though less than one million people call Amsterdam home, over 20   
   million tourists are estimated to have visited by the end of   
   2018, NPR reports.   
      
   Meanwhile, a city rep said that though Amsterdam welcomes   
   tourists from all walks of life, change is needed – and plans to   
   restrict the all-too-frequent consequences of excessive partying   
   were set in motion back in May.   
      
      
   “Amsterdam is an open and tolerant city that welcomes everyone,   
   but of course we do like our visitors to behave themselves when   
   visiting. That’s why we started the campaign 'Enjoy & Respect,'”   
   Amsterdam city spokesperson Lisa den Oudendammer told Fox News   
   on Oct. 18.   
      
      
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   In May, a new city coalition government proposed the campaign,   
   which includes a slew of serious measures to crack down any out-   
   of-control behavior in the nightlife hotspot.   
      
   From restricting beer bikes, Segway rides and boozy boat trips   
   to diverting cruise ships from docking in the city’s center and   
   altogether banning Airbnb hosts from creating short-term rentals   
   in the most chaotic areas, the campaign means business.   
      
   In addition, a widespread “tourist tax” is set to leap from   
   roughly 5 percent to 7 percent, which is estimated to generate   
   $105 million a year by 2022. A $260,000 campaign called “Enjoy   
   and Respect” is also set to combat problematic behavior.   
   Meanwhile, hefty fines for various kinds of depravity –   
   penalties of $109 for public intoxication, and $162 a pop for   
   urinating in a canal, disturbing the peace, or littering –   
   intend to curb bad behavior.   
      
   While the measures may seem intense, Amsterdammers say such   
   reform is a long time coming – and much needed.   
      
   “It’s a city where freedom is important and you have to accept a   
   degree of nuisance, but it’s now out of hand,” Stephen Hodes of   
   the independent thinktank Amsterdam in Progress told The Sun on   
   Oct. 15. “The crux of the problem is that there are too many   
   tourists. The only thing to do is to take radical measures,   
   otherwise, it’s a consumption ghetto, not a city where people   
   live.”   
      
   Meanwhile, two college-age tourists openly acknowledged that   
   many in their age group treat the storied city like a “naughty   
   Disneyland,” NPR reports.   
      
   "People our age come here because the flights are cheap and   
   Amsterdam has this reputation of being a kind of Sin City,"   
   Londoner Callum Challinor, 18, told the outlet.   
      
   "But we won't. We're just here for the weekend, and we want to   
   remember it,” his girlfriend Emillie Whitelock, 19, said. “Even   
   my parents told us to go to the Red Light District.”   
      
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   Things are apparently so bad that the local council has proposed   
   removing the city’s famed “I Amsterdam” signs from around the   
   city – which, ironically, were erected in 2004, in hopes of   
   improving tourism, The Sun reports.   
      
   Amsterdam's exhausted politicians, residents and law enforcement   
   officials share similar sentiments with locals in Venice and   
   Barcelona, where many are fed up with so-called "over-tourism."   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/travel/amsterdam-is-sick-of-bachelor-   
   parties?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork   
      
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