A sort ofStirdam introduced tourist quotas. According to a city ordinance, the upper limit is 20 million overnight stays per year. The Dutch capital hopes to reduce overnight accommodation by at least 10% to curb the heavy burden of mass tourism.Previously, the WAZ Reported it.
The quota is based on citizen’s initiative. Approximately 30,000 of the 800,000 residents of Canal City called for the tourism industry to be limited to a maximum of 12 million overnight stays. The city did not follow suit. She sets the upper limit to 20 million. In 2019, the number of overnight tourists in Amsterdam was close to 22 million. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism industry has now completely collapsed.
According to the new regulations, the city must submit the number of overnight stays once a year. Once the maximum is exceeded, the authorities will intervene: possible measures are to increase tourism taxes and restrict private room rentals, such as through Airbnb.
These measures are not new. The city has significantly tightened regulations on platforms such as Airbnb. The number of beds in the hotel is limited, and city tours in the historic center are also restricted. It is also considering outsourcing most prostitution activities from the red light district to the edge of the stalls, and prohibiting the sale of soft drugs to tourists in coffee shops.
