The Netherlands' Amsterdam will no longer allow new hotel buildings to be built as part of its fight against mass tourism, the local government said on Wednesday. A new hotel in Amsterdam can only be built if another hotel closes, if the number of sleeping places doesn't increase, and if the new hotel will be better, for example more sustainable.
  • @afraid_of_zombiesEnglish
    2•5 months ago

    I imagine. If you restrict the supply the price will go up.

    On a personal note I find it a bit sad, since I always wanted to visit there. Have some very distant relatives thought it would be fun to meet in person.

    • Resol van LemmyEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      I don’t have relatives from the Netherlands (but I do have one from Belgium and Germany each), and yeah, I wanna come take a visit too. But as I said in another reply, those goddamn visas make it really hard.

    • HumaniusEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      You don’t have to stay in a hotel in the city of Amsterdam to visit Amsterdam.
      The Netherlands is a small and densely populated country, so you can simply stay a town or city over and the city proper is only a short train or tram ride away.

      Last year my boyfriend and I visited the city with some friends coming over from America. We stayed in a rental in Amstelveen, and our friends stayed in a hotel in Zaandam.