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☆ Amsterdam is banning cruise ships in a bid to combat overtourism
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Niamh Kennedy Mick Krever | Niamh Kennedy | Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —Amsterdam’s city council has approved a proposal banning “polluting” cruise ships as part of the city’s latest move to clamp down on overtourism. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Hester van Buren, who has responsibility for the city’s port, told CNN that the council approved a proposal on Thursday to close the city’s cruise ship terminal. The ban on "polluting" cruise ships is just one of many moves by Amsterdam to limit the effects of overtourism. D66 party chairwoman Ilana Rooderkerk emphasized in the statement that “polluting cruise ships do not fit with the sustainable ambitions” of Amsterdam. “Cruise ships in the heart of the city do not fit into Amsterdam’s goal of reducing the number of tourists,” Rooderkerk added.
Persons: Hester van Buren, van Buren’s, Ilana Rooderkerk, “, ” Rooderkerk Organizations: CNN Locations: Amsterdam’s, Amsterdam, Balance
☆ Amsterdam to Cruises: ‘Party Time Is Over’
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Amsterdam will bar cruise ships from docking in the city center as part of a broader effort to curb pollution and reduce the large numbers of tourists who visit the Dutch capital. The City Council passed a proposal on Thursday to close a terminal where more than a hundred cruise ships dock each year not far from the central train station. “The motivation of the proposal from the City Council was to reduce the number of tourists, but also for environmental reasons,” Amsterdam’s deputy mayor, Hester van Buren, said in a statement on Friday. The cruise ship measure was the latest attempt by Amsterdam to cap the number of visitors and crack down on bad behavior as the tourism industry has rebounded, addressing residents’ longstanding grievances linked to overcrowding and rowdy tourists. Last year, the city drew about 20 million visitors and in 2021, close to nine million tourists came either for a day trip or overnight, according to city data.
Persons: ”, Hester van Buren Organizations: The City Council, City Council Locations: Amsterdam, The
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