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The Netherlands’ Amsterdam will not enable new lodge buildings to be constructed as a part of its struggle towards mass tourism, the native authorities stated on Wednesday, April 17.
“We wish to make and hold town habitable for residents and guests. This implies: no overtourism, no new resorts, and not more than 20 million lodge in a single day stays by vacationers per 12 months,” it stated in an announcement.
A brand new lodge in Amsterdam can solely be constructed if one other lodge closes, if the variety of sleeping locations doesn’t improve, and if the brand new lodge shall be higher – for instance, extra sustainable.
Nonetheless, the rule doesn’t apply to new resorts which have already secured a allow.
The town has been actively attempting to restrict vacationer numbers, which run into the tens of millions per 12 months, primarily by discouraging sex and drug-related tourism to the purple gentle district.
That is the most recent in a sequence of measures the Dutch capital has taken to mitigate the problem of overtourism within the metropolis.
Final 12 months, the Amsterdam Metropolis Council voted to ban cruise ships and shut its cruise terminal.
The town additionally banned using marijuana on public streets within the purple gentle district and ended guided excursions that handed by intercourse employees’ home windows.
Beneath a 2021 ordinance known as “Amsterdam Tourism in Stability,” town council is “obliged to intervene” when tourism numbers attain 18 million folks.