{"id":34721,"date":"2019-06-19T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=34721"},"modified":"2019-06-19T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T14:37:06","slug":"bruges-latest-eu-city-to-announce-new-rules-to-avoid-over-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2019\/06\/bruges-latest-eu-city-to-announce-new-rules-to-avoid-over-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruges is latest EU city to announce new rules to avoid overtourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/crowd-of-people-1488213_1920.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bruges is latest EU city to announce new rules to avoid overtourism\" class=\"wp-image-34722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/crowd-of-people-1488213_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/crowd-of-people-1488213_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/crowd-of-people-1488213_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/crowd-of-people-1488213_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>2018 saw a record 8.3 million tourists visit Bruges. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">June 2019, saw the Mayor of belgium city, Bruges, Dirk de fauw, announce new stricter regulations to help curb the unsustainable impacts of growing numbers of short-term tourists to the city; as reported in local newspaper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nieuwsblad.be\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">article<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Het Nieuwsblad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A cap for cruise ships docked in the city\u2019s port, reducing the number of cruise ships, from 5 to 2, at any one time;<\/li><li>Cruise ships will be asked to dock on weekdays, instead of weekends, to help spread the crowds out among more days; and<\/li><li>The tourism board will end advertising campaigns for Bruges in other nearby cities, such as Brussels and Paris, to limit the number of day-trippers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium-2723175_1920.jpg?fit=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bruges is latest EU city to announce new rules to avoid overtourism\" class=\"wp-image-34725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium-2723175_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium-2723175_1920-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium-2723175_1920-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium-2723175_1920-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>Of the 8.3m visitors to Bruges, around 6m arrived in cruise ships, <br>and spent an average of only 3 hours\u2019 in the city.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2018 saw a record 8.3 million tourists visit Bruges, which has been made famous by the 2008 film,\u00a0<em>In Bruges<\/em>, and who have been attracted to its gabled streets, meandering canals, and gothic architecture. The city centre was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000.\u00a0Day trippers cause cities to lose revenue, typically earned through hotel stays.\u00a0Of the 8.3 million tourists, 6 million arrived in cruise ships, and spent an average of only 3 hours\u2019 in the city.\u00a0 This prompted concerns from the Mayor of Bruges, Dirk de fauw, that the city was becoming a medieval theme park:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cWe have to, control the influx more, if we don\u2019t want it, to become a complete Disneyland here\u201d<\/em> said Mayor Dirk De fauw.\u00a0<em>\u201cWe have to aim for quality tourism, people who stay here for a few days, eat well, (and) visit museums.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>Mayor of Bruges, Dirk De fauw.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium2-3684645_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bruges is latest EU city to announce new rules to avoid overtourism\" class=\"wp-image-34728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium2-3684645_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium2-3684645_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium2-3684645_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/belgium2-3684645_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The city centre was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors to Bruges have outnumbered residents in the city centre by about 3 to 1. An Skift research&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/skift.com\/2017\/03\/24\/6-charts-on-how-bruges-residents-grudgingly-see-overtourisms-value\/\">report<\/a>, in 2017, highlighted that whilst the residents of Bruges support tourism in their city, nearly 50% of residents from both the city centre and outer areas, felt more tourists in Bruges will lead to friction between residents and tourists. Nearly 50% of both groups also felt tourism causes Bruges to be overcrowded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruges\u2019 recent decisions echo measures made in other EU cities, such as Amsterdam and Venice, that are employing rules to ensure that popular tourism destinations grow sustainably, without the negative environmental, social and economic impacts that overtourism causes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/station-2657911_1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Bruges is latest EU city to announce new rules to avoid overtourism\" class=\"wp-image-34731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/station-2657911_1280-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/station-2657911_1280-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/station-2657911_1280-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/station-2657911_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The new rules echo measures made in other EU cities, such as Amsterdam and Venice&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor of Bruges, Dirk De fauw, announces new rules to limit the flow of visitors, so levels do not become unsustainable, and to avoid Bruges becoming like \u2018Disneyland\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":34722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,534],"tags":[1441],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bruges is latest EU city to announce new rules to avoid overtourism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mayor of Bruges, 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