Amsterdam banning the construction of new hotels anywhere in the city
by NL Times
NL Times— The political leadership of Amsterdam announced plans to essentially ban the construction of new hotels in the entire city. There will be some exceptions to the policy, the mayor and aldermen said in a statement on Wednesday. Despite seven years of tighter policies towards new hotels, two dozen are still in the planning stage at the moment.
DutchNews.nl—Amsterdam toughens up new hotel ban, takes it city-wide. Amsterdam is expanding its ban on new hotels to cover the whole city as the next step in its ongoing battle to reduce the number of tourists coming to the Dutch capital. The halt came into effect in 2017, although there were a large number of exceptions, but city officials have now decided no more hotels will be built, unless one closes. However, plans for 26 more are still in the pipeline and will go ahead because they have already
Daily Mail—Amsterdam BANS construction of new hotels in latest tourism crackdown after launching campaign to keep rowdy Brits away from the Dutch capital. A new hotel in Amsterdam will only be able to be built if another hotel closes, if the number of sleeping places available does not increase and if the new hotel will be better - for example, more sustainable
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