Amsterdam’s city council may raise the tourist tax again next year if the nationwide VAT increase on hotel stays does not ...

As former Secretary General of the UNWTO, the specialized agency of the UN mandated with promoting healthy and sustainable tourism, I am watching with concern some of the emerging trends in beautiful ...

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Amsterdam, one of the world's most popular destinations, has capped its hotel supply to put a ceiling on mass tourism. Amsterdam has banned new hotel developments to combat mass tourism, the municipal ...

Amsterdam has always been a hotspot for cannabis tourism, drawing visitors from around the world to its famous coffee shops ...

At 11am on a Wednesday morning in Amsterdam’s Oudezijds Voorburgwal, the beer is already flowing. The weather in the heart of the city’s Red Light District is chilly and overcast, but that hasn’t ...

On a recent chilly, drizzly afternoon in Amsterdam’s city center, a steady stream of patrons venture out of the rain and into a narrow 17th-century building on the Haarlemmerdijk, a popular shopping ...

Was it stroopwafels, the delicious Dutch treat of syrup sandwiched by thin waffles, that I wanted to consume great quantities of in Amsterdam, or cocaine? One of those hadn’t even had a sniff of ...

Dreamy Amsterdam is being overwhelmed by mass tourism—now residents are suing their city council. Photo: Getty Images The citizens of Amsterdam have had enough: Despite measures by the city ...

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AMSTERDAM, July 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Artist and tour guide Louke Spigt makes ends meet by offering tours to some of the millions of foreign visitors who pour into the Dutch capital ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. This article is more than 5 years old. Tour boats moored and streets along the canals empty of tourists due to the coronavirus ...