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Articles tagged “netherlands”

Tourism

Staycation Summer Across Europe Will Drive Local Tourism

While much of the world will likely go back to pre-Covid practices that drive overtourism, one can hope that the events of the past year will give people a greater appreciation of the benefits of local travel.

Padraic Halpin, Sarah Young and Simon Johnson, Reuters | 3 years ago

Staycation Summer Across Europe Will Drive Local Tourism

Overtourism

Netherlands Will Continue Tourism Promotion Despite Media Reports

Forget the flashy headlines; destinations need time to respond effectively to overtourism with the cultural fabric of popular locations at stake. The intelligent move is to thoughtfully adjust policies to limit the negative impact of tourism.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 5 years ago

Netherlands Will Continue Tourism Promotion Despite Media Reports

Tourism

Small Tourist Destinations Still Struggle With Big Language Barriers

It’s difficult to promote or welcome foreign tourists to a destination where there are few to zero resources for them available in their language. As visitation is spread outside of cities and city centers, it’s important for even the smallest of businesses to prepare for a range of languages.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Small Tourist Destinations Still Struggle With Big Language Barriers

Tourism

Interview: How Netherlands Tourism Is Luring Visitors Out of Amsterdam

The Netherlands' challenge of getting tourists out of the capital and into the countryside is one that several European destinations can understand. Identifying different market's primary interests in the first step in wooing them away from the big city.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: How Netherlands Tourism Is Luring Visitors Out of Amsterdam

Tourism

Dutch city proves it’s serious about clamping down on local pot tourism

Unlike Amsterdam where tourists come from the weed but stay for several days, Maastricht’s drug tourists arrived mostly by car from neighboring countries and only stayed long enough to pick up pot.

Mike Corder, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Dutch city proves it’s serious about clamping down on local pot tourism

Ground Transport

The super cool glow-in-the-dark highway that Americans can only dream of driving on

Just how surprisingly outdated and inefficient America’s transportation infrastructure is will only become more apparent in the coming years as other countries leverage technology to make travel easier and safer.

Skift | 11 years ago

The super cool glow-in-the-dark highway that Americans can only dream of driving on

Tourism

The Netherlands gets softer in its stand against tourists smoking dope

Smaller towns don't have quite the same problem as Amsterdam when it comes to chasing off dope-based tourism. You should still expect to see big city officials implementing the rules in order to clean up less-desirable parts of cities.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

The Netherlands gets softer in its stand against tourists smoking dope