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Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels

Twenty-six hotels that already have permits can move forward, but after that a hotel can only be built if one shuts down. Tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam hotels last year.

Amsterdam's local government is cracking down on local over-tourism by putting a ban on new hotels, it said Wednesday.

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