With over 19 million tourists and only 850,000 residents, Amsterdam is constantly busy. On average, there are an additional 52,000 people out in the streets and seeing the sights every day of the year. Tourists are both a blessing and a curse. In the next few years, the number of tourists is expected to increase to over 29 million a year. Obviously, with this huge influx, the facilities of the city are spread thin. On the other hand, many of the residents benefit from the influx of tourists. I lived in Mesa, Arizona for many years and there the increase in "snowbirds" was estimated at about 300,000 as compared to the number of full-time residents of just over 500,000. Many of the local businesses focused only on the winter visitors and tourists.
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