Amsterdam set to stop selling weed at weekends to curb 'nuisance tourism'

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Amsterdam is considering stopping the sale of cannabis at weekends in a bid to curb ‘nuisance tourism’ across its red light district. Plans are being proposed to also limit stag parties, and shut down brothels 🚫

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Amsterdam is considering stopping the sale of cannabis at weekends in a bid to curb ‘nuisance tourism’ across its red light district.The Dutch capital wants to strengthen its reputation as a place of culture and strip away its cheap and rowdy character.

Brits are some of the rowdiest to visit the Dutch capital and it’s starting to get on the nerves of its 880,000 permanent residents. The new plans would allow locals to take back control of their city with a ‘stay away’ campaign set to be launched next year.Window prostitution and brothels in the red light district would have stricter opening times.

Plans are also underway to close some of the city’s coffee shops, with smoking and drinking alcohol becoming outlawed in certain parts of the city.According to the deputy mayor ‘low-grade tourism’ needs to be reduced Owners will be encouraged to turn them into homes for Amsterdam’s residents.‘If we love the city, we have to act now,’ said the Sofyan Mbarki, Amsterdam’s deputy mayor.

Mr Mbarki said the city had talked to residents, businesses, experts and interest groups and concluded the amount of low-grade tourism needed to be urgently reduced.

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