

“The municipal executive of Amsterdam is now going to work on how to implement it. “A clear decision has been made by the council that the cruise (terminal) should leave the city,” Ilana Rooderkerk, leader of the centrist D66 party in Amsterdam, told The Associated Press in an email on Friday. The Dutch capital is one of the many picturesque European cities – from Rome to Venice to Paris – grappling with how to manage visitor numbers that are again soaring in the aftermath of shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic.Īldermen at Amsterdam's municipality voted Thursday in favor of a motion calling on the city to move the terminal away from its current location close to the central rail station.

Watch Video: Royal Caribbean finishes construction of world's biggest cruise shipĪMSTERDAM - 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 narrow, cobbled streets.
