{"id":9801,"date":"2025-09-30T19:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/?p=9801"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:40:35","slug":"amsterdam-residents-rise-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/amsterdam-residents-rise-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam residents rise up: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to become the next Venice\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As mass tourism continues to overwhelm the Dutch capital, a citizen initiative has filed a lawsuit against the city council, demanding tougher restrictions and higher tourist taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam\u2019s canals, historic streets, and vibrant cycling culture have made it one of the world\u2019s most visited cities. But for many locals, the flood of visitors has become unbearable. Souvenir shops are replacing neighborhood stores, bike lanes are clogged, and the once-charming alleys are packed with \u201cTikTok tourists.\u201d With much of the city\u2019s tourism focused on partying, drugs, and sex work, residents say the character of Amsterdam is being lost. Now, a citizens\u2019 initiative has taken the city to court in a bid to protect the future of their hometown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8JaRlcYpOi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/the-first-in-the-world-america-vacation-with-the-turkish-lira-for-americans\/\">The first in the world&#8230; America vacation with the Turkish Lira for Americans by WTS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The first in the world&#8230; America vacation with the Turkish Lira for Americans by WTS&#8221; &#8212; Travel News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/the-first-in-the-world-america-vacation-with-the-turkish-lira-for-americans\/embed\/#?secret=jTeO6keige#?secret=8JaRlcYpOi\" data-secret=\"8JaRlcYpOi\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Citizens\u2019 initiative files lawsuit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The group \u201cAmsterdam Has a Choice\u201d (\u201cAmsterdam heeft een Keuze\u201d), founded in 2020, filed a lawsuit against the municipality on September 22 together with 12 other civic organizations. On its website, locals signed a petition and voiced concerns: \u201cIf we continue like this, Amsterdam will become the second Venice \u2013 few residents, only tourists.\u201d The initiative has already raised \u20ac50,000 to cover legal fees.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tourist numbers exceed the limit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 2021, the city set a cap of 20 million tourists per year. But that limit was ignored. Last year, 22.9 million people visited Amsterdam \u2014 3 percent more than the year before. Projections show the numbers will keep rising in 2025. While the influx generates around \u20ac10 billion annually for the city, residents say the social costs are too high.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7RhDOhmePI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/donald-trump-welcomed-with-full-royal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump welcomed with full royal honors on historic second state visit to the UK<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Donald Trump welcomed with full royal honors on historic second state visit to the UK&#8221; &#8212; NationalTurk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/donald-trump-welcomed-with-full-royal\/embed\/#?secret=T2Ha63Es0S#?secret=7RhDOhmePI\" data-secret=\"7RhDOhmePI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Europe\u2019s highest tourist tax not enough<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since 2023, Amsterdam has imposed Europe\u2019s highest tourist tax: 12.5 percent, plus a daily \u20ac14.50 fee for cruise passengers. The city council has also banned new hotel construction. Still, residents are demanding tougher action. Initiative spokesperson Van Dijk told Stuttgarter Nachrichten: \u201cAmsterdam could use the extra income from a higher tourist tax to buy land, tackle the housing shortage, or clean up the streets \u2014 much of the litter is caused by mass tourism.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amsterdam, Netherlands \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 - by drone [4K]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oxv6IRcuNaI\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mass tourism continues to overwhelm the Dutch capital, a citizen initiative has filed a lawsuit against the city council, demanding tougher restrictions and higher tourist taxes. Amsterdam\u2019s canals, historic streets, and vibrant cycling culture have made it one of the world\u2019s most visited cities. But for many locals, the flood of visitors has become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":9802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8027,8194,8191,8192,8193],"class_list":["post-9801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-amsterdam","tag-lawsuit","tag-mass-tourism","tag-netherlands","tag-residents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9806,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9801\/revisions\/9806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}