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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/williamb100 on 2024-04-19 15:19:51.
Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels
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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245809974/amsterdam-hotel-ban
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Twenty-six hotels that have already been issued permits will not be affected by the ban, the city said.
The move was triggered by Amsterdam’s “Tourism in balance” policy, which was created in 2021 after a public initiative in which 30,000 residents called for more control of the tourism industry.
Under “tourism in balance,” aims to limit overnight stays in hotels by tourists to 20 million a year.
In 2023 tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam, a number that doesn’t include vacation rentals, bed and breakfast stays or cruise trips.
That means “the municipal executive is obliged to take action,” the city says.
Amsterdam also has been attempting to curb other behaviors by tourists, including banning cannabis smoking in certain parts of the city, closing some clubs and bars earlier, placing new limits on canal cruises and converting some hotels into homes or offices.
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