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 ...

Among its many efforts to control soaring tourism numbers, the Amsterdam City Council in the Netherlands wants cruise ships to stop operating from the city's downtown cruise terminal. That said, ...

Tourist destinations around the world are dealing with overcrowding and environmental pollution. Amsterdam, Venice, and French Polynesia are among the places that have banned cruise ships. The trend ...

AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and hordes of tourists clogging its ...

Amsterdam city officials have said the ships cause pollution and are not in line with the city's sustainable goals. Around 300,000 cruise ship passengers visit the Dutch tourist hub every year.

The downtown area of Amsterdam remains open to cruise ships. But for how long is unclear. Days after leaders in the Dutch city voted to relocate the cruise terminal, citing air pollution and ...

Amsterdam has banned cruise ships from docking in the city centre in its latest attempt to cut tourism and pollution. Politicians in the Dutch capital said cruise ships were "incompatible" with their ...

As part of an effort to curb overtourism and alleviate damage from pollution, government officials in Amsterdam have banned cruise ships from docking in the city center. According to The Guardian, ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic and the global shutdown of the tourism industry just a few years behind us in the rear view mirror, overtourism is becoming a challenging issue around the world once again.

Amsterdam has already warned rowdy tourists to stay away and cracked down on smoking weed in the streets of its famed Red Light District. Now, city leaders are targeting what they see as another ...