The news comes after there were calls last year to ban tours of the Red Light District as well as stopping tourists from visiting its famous coffee shops due to over-tourism. Lobby group Red Light United said that business will be severely affected because tourists won’t know where to find the sex workers. However, the decision has been met with opposition. Halsema added that the move would also prevent the “rise in human trafficking by providing a safe environment in which sex workers can run their businesses.”
Read more: Every tourist in Amsterdam makes these same 12 mistakes “Tourists are welcome to enjoy the beauty and freedom of the city, but not at any cost.” “This is about a reset of Amsterdam as a visitor city,” said Dennis Boutkan, of the Dutch Labour party. (Photo by George Pachantouris/Getty Images)
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The city’s mayor Femke Halsema has said that the windows should be closed as the women working in them have been the victims of verbal abuse and tourists gawping at them. It’s also one of the oldest parts of the city and home to many other exotic attractions such as sex shops, sex theatres, peep shows, a sex museum and a cannabis museum. The De Wallen area contains hundreds of “cabins” rented by prostitutes who typically advertise their services from behind a glass window, backlit by red lights - hence the area’s name. Want more credit card news and travel advice from TPG? Sign up for our daily newsletter. The controversial move is said to be because authorities wish to encourage a different type of visitor - less drawn to the seedier side of the Dutch capital and focused more on art and culture.Ĭouncilors have agreed that many of the brothels and “window displays” will be closed down the narrow alleys near the docks and that sex workers will be able to work in a designated center somewhere else in Amsterdam. The city’s famous Red Light District is set to be relocated to a new “erotic center” elsewhere in the city. Visiting Amersterdam may soon have a different feel.
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