The tours will be banned from next year.
Image via PixabayAmsterdam is banning tours of it's Red Light District from 2020.
The city government made the decision over concerns that sex workers are being treated as a tourist attraction.
In a statement, city alderman Udo Kock, who proposed the bill said:
"We do not consider it appropriate for tourists to leer at sex workers."
“We are banning tours that take visitors along sex workers’ windows, not only because we want to prevent overcrowding in the red-light district, but also because it is not respectful to sex workers.”
The ban comes into effect on New Year's Day next year and includes pub crawls and guided walks.
According to The Independent, more than 1,000 organised groups visit the hub of the red light district each week, with a peak of 28 tours an hour in the early evening.
