Amsterdam announced this week that it will take ongoing plans to reduce the impact of tourism one step further. Faced with a downtown now dominated by souvenir shops and take-out food stores, the municipality will offer nonprofit organizations money to buy out businesses aimed at tourists, and use the properties instead for other more locally-oriented purposes. Click here to read the full article for Bloomburg CityLab.
Tourist-weary Amsterdam takes new measures
Tourist-weary Amsterdam announced this week that it will take ongoing plans to reduce the impact of tourism one step further. The city’s latest bold initiative is offering up cash to help local community groups oust touristy businesses, writes Bloomburg CityLab.
