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Amsterdam cannabis cafes fear foreign tourist ban amid COVID recovery

Jeremy Vedder by Jeremy Vedder
November 1, 2021
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Amsterdam cannabis cafes fear foreign tourist ban amid COVID recovery

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Locals in one of Europe’s most visited cities are eyeing a ban on pot for tourists as a way to cut down on rowdy travelers, but critics say such a measure could push the industry underground.

As Amsterdam’s tourism industry slowly begins to recover from the impact of the pandemic, its famous cannabis cafes could be facing a new hurdle, in the form of a ban on foreign tourists.

Earlier this year, the city’s mayor, Femke Halsema, touted a proposal to ban foreign tourists from entering cannabis-serving establishments as a way to reinvent the city’s image. Banning foreigners from cafes, supporters say, would help to stop the influx of rowdy tourists who crowd the city’s streets and annoy some locals.

However, following more than a year without much revenue from overseas travelers, cafes fear that such a ban would make recovery even more difficult, driving out legal businesses and creating a platform for street dealers.

In recent pre-pandemic years, the city attracted around 20 million tourists annually. But even after several lockdown measures were lifted, the number of foreign visitors to the city remains well below that previous total.

Large dependence on foreign tourists

Eve Mcguire, who works at Coffeeshop Reefer, said that without tourists, a sizable portion of the cafe’s revenue would disappear.


Eve Mcguire doubts foreign tourists will be banned from cannabis-serving establishments

“If they were to ban the tourists, 80% of our customers would be gone,” Mcguire told DW. “And not only this, but Dutch people don’t chill in coffee shops. If you’re Dutch, you buy your weed and you go home. The people that chill in coffee shops are tourists.”

Gary Gallagher, the manager of the Amsterdam Cannabis Museum, told DW that even with newly-eased travel restrictions, the amount of cash flowing in is still only about half of what it was before the pandemic.

He believes that due to the amount of money that the industry brings in, such a ban on foreigners in cafes is unlikely to come into effect. Even if officials manage to push the ban through, he and other critics say it would likely push the cannabis industry underground.

Gary Gallagher, the manager of the Cannabis Museum, poses in front of the museum’s entrance
Gary Gallagher thinks banning tourists from cannabis cafes is an ineffective measure to curb the influx of rowdy travelers

“I think they can change the rules and not the culture. Amsterdam will have this reputation forever,” he said.

“When they closed the coffee shops for [the] corona[virus pandemic], there were drug dealers on every street corner. So a few days later they reversed the move.”

Meanwhile, Mcguire believes that the chances of such a ban are exceptionally slim. “It’s totally a lie,” she said. “They will never ever let that come to pass.”

She is also concerned that enforcing such a law would be difficult, given the number of non-Dutch European Union residents who work in the city.

“People would have to show residency, but you don’t need residency to work here if you’re within the European Union,” said Mcguire.

To Read The Rest Of This Article By Leah Carter on DW

Published: November 01, 2021

Founder & Interim Editor of L.A. Cannabis News

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