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Amsterdam now has a gay tourist office

Published on : 25 November 2009 - 1:35pm | By Lan Zhang
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In August, Amsterdam became the first city in the world to boast a separate information office for gay tourists. Since then, another has been opened in London.

 

The initiator of the Amsterdam project, Hans Verhoeven, argues that this gay tourist office has added value. Homosexual tourists have no idea where the cool gay bars are, and directions to the Homo Monument - near the church Westerkerk and the Anne Frank House - come in handy as well.

Insiders say Hans Verhoeven has ensured that the city of Amsterdam can once again deliver on its reputation as gay capital of Europe.

 

Discussion

Jackie Chan 22 April 2010 - 3:17am

There are some great hotels right next to a variety of gay clubs. I had a lot of fun there last year and hope to go again next year. I think it's great that they are doing more to encourage the gay community instead of shunning it like the rest of the world.

John Jenkins 21 April 2010 - 2:34pm

American Airlines has a dedicated gay team that provides information, deals, and other features to the LGBT community. As far as I can tell they are the first major airline to reach out to the LGBT community to that extent. Might want to check them out when planning your next trip.

Anonymous 30 November 2009 - 9:31am / indonesia
please.God forgives them
Anonymous 29 November 2009 - 6:25am / indonesia
Hih,What a discusting.They are abnormal people.I'm scare of them but fortunattely that we in indonesia hate them so we won't be disturbed by them
Saskia 29 November 2009 - 5:40am / usa
that is nothing to boast about ...........
Anonymous 28 November 2009 - 12:56pm / lalaland
Why do you need a specific Gay and Lesbian tourist office? Shouldn't the regular tourist office deal with all information including Gay/ Lesbian travel information? And why do you need a special event like the Gay Olympics? Shouldn't everyone participate at one olympics regardless of being gay or straight? And what's up with Gay Pride? What if straigh people have Straight Pride?
Anonymous 28 November 2009 - 3:29am / indonesia
My God,That's discusting.That's a sin.I fear of gay and lesbian and i'm thankfull that i was borned not in western countries but in east.I can't believe that they made such thing.
Hans Verhoeven 26 November 2009 - 10:18pm / the Netherlands
The issue here is that GAYtic is an official tourist agency, and in that respect we are the first ever. Nore the one in Key West, nore Pink Point is an official tourist bureau. That means that we are part of the National VVV Tourist Agence and provide tourist information on Amsterdam and specialise in gay tourist information. Pink Point gives information on gay Amsterdam and was formed to give information on the gay monument, GAYtic purely aimes for gay tourists. The two have different (and maybe partly overlapping) functions and co-exist in good harmony.
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Eric Beauchemin 26 November 2009 - 10:26am / The Netherlands
Hello James, Amsterdam is making this assertion because it is the first official tourist agency, as you can see here: http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/news-features/gaytic
Anonymous 26 November 2009 - 3:00am / usa
Keep it in the closet.
Hiram 28 November 2009 - 10:53pm / USA
Anonymous, Amsterdam is the closet! Reminds me of Sodom. In those days everybody came out to meet the strangers going to Lot's flat. They want to make everbody believe their lifestyle is normal. I don't know why any Muslim or Christian would want to go to Amsterdam.
DJ Okker 25 November 2009 - 9:05pm / Netherlands
What about the Pink Point in Amsterdam, or does that not qualify as it's not purely for tourists? http://www.pinkpoint.org/about.htm
James Hipps 25 November 2009 - 5:10pm / USA
Actually, Key West, FL U.S.A. has had a separate information office for gay and lesbian tourist for years. Your information is incorrect!

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