SEX workers in Amsterdam have hit back at plans to end red light district tours, claiming guides are often helpful in educating tourists in acting respectfully to the women. They also fear the fall…
SEX workers in Amsterdam have hit back at plans to end red light district tours, claiming guides are often helpful in educating tourists in acting respectfully to the women.Museum manager Natascha Flipsen of the Red Light Secrets Museum of Prostitution said the tours were positive
One woman wrote on Twitter: "I am a sex worker in the Red Light District. And no, we are not happy with Amsterdam's war on tourism.I am a sex worker in the Red Light District. And no, we are not happy with Amsterdam's war on tourism. The majority of our clientele are tourists. No tourist is no income for us.Bobien van Aalst of the Dutch tour guide association Guidor slammed the ban on tours, not just to the red light district but to other historic parts of the city.
"I mean there were evenings where... residents basically couldn't leave their homes anymore because the alleys were blocked."People who work in Amsterdam's sex industry question whether there are more tourists, or whether similar numbers are squeezing into a red light district that has shrunk in recent years as hundreds of the sex workers' windows have been shuttered in an attempt to diversify the narrow streets.
The museum's manager, Natascha Flipsen, agrees that guided tours help educate the visitors not just about the history of the centuries-old red light district, but also about how to treat the women who work there with respect.
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