Amsterdam is working on a package of measures to limit tourist flows in the city center and will present it before December, alderman Sofyan Mbarki (Economic Affairs) said, Parool reports. The hotel sector is pushing for a tax on day trippers to the city to cut tourism instead of increasing the tourist tax on overnight stays.
The city is responding to an ABN Amro report that the number of overnight stays in Amsterdam will top 18 million this year – the limit at which Amsterdam promised to intervene following a widely supported citizens’ initiative. “We fully agree with the recommendation that we should reposition ourselves as a city. What kind of city do we want to be and what kind of visitors do we want? That is exactly what we are doing now,” Mbarki (PvdA) said to the newspaper.
“We started work immediately after the first forecasts were received and are working towards a…
