According to the city, which passed the bill Tuesday, Amsterdam will raise its city tourist tax to 12.5 percent in 2024. Travelers staying overnight or arriving on cruise ships will be subject to this.
“Visitors will thus help to pay for the City to carry out its tasks. This allows us to address the consequences of overtourism and direct additional resources to keep the streets clean and solving acute problems in neighborhoods and districts,” Hester van Buren, the deputy mayor for finance, said in a statement.
With an average nightly rate of €175 ($183.90), guests will pay an average tax of €21.80 ($22.91) per night, according to city data.
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