The years-long push to lock foreign visitors out of the city’s coffeeshops just died in coalition talks. The new deal keeps the doors open and pushes the tourist tax to the highest in Europe.
For years, it looked like Amsterdam might finally pull the welcome mat out from under its stoner tourists. As of this week, that plan is dead. A ban on foreign visitors buying weed did not make it into the new coalition agreement the city’s governing parties unveiled on June 3, which means the mecca of cannabis tourism stays open to everyone.
