Amsterdam Bans New Hotel Construction to Control Tourism Activities

Amsterdam | Photo: netherlands-tourism.com/

AlsoThere are many cities in the world where social activities are too much to make life miserable for the public. All these are in efforts to control tourism activities. Among them, Amsterdam is one of the main tourist cities in the world. Amsterdam, which had previously banned cruise ships, has now made headlines by banning the construction of new hotels.

The Amsterdam City Council announced this crucial decision through social media X. As part of the fight against excessive tourism, the city council has decided to stop building new hotels. The council also said that the number of people who can take rooms in hotels in Amsterdam should be kept at 20 million a year. With this, a new hotel can only be built if a hotel in Amsterdam is closed. At the same time, this law does not apply to those who have received a building permit.

Hundreds of thousands of tourists come to Amsterdam every month to find the streets famous for drunkenness and sex. As part of controlling tourist activity, the government has placed many restrictions on Amsterdam’s famous red light district. As part of this, the government has also banned cruise ships. The city council also voted to close the main tourist center at the Port of Amsterdam. Amsterdam is one of the shores where most cruise ships anchor in Europe.

Amsterdam has the highest tourist tax in Europe. Recently, there has been a huge increase in this. It is explained that this tax is being raised to reduce the number of tourists due to over tourism and to promote quality tourism.