Amsterdam

===Tourism===
{{Main|List of tourist attractions in Amsterdam}}
[[File:Wim Sonneveld tour boat, Rederij Lovers, Amsterdam-9218.jpg|thumb|Boats give tours of the city, such as this one in front of the [[EYE Film Institute Netherlands]].]]
[[File:Brug 97 in de Spiegelgracht over de Lijnbaansgracht foto 1.jpg|thumb|Spiegelgracht]]
Amsterdam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, receiving more than 5.34&nbsp;million international visitors annually; this is excluding the 16&nbsp;million day-trippers visiting the city every year.<ref name="ams2009">{{Cite web |year=2009 |title=Key Figures Amsterdam 2009: Tourism |url=http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/tabel/13871/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501140135/http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/tabel/13871/ |archive-date=1 May 2011 |access-date=30 September 2009 |publisher=City of Amsterdam Department for Research and Statistics}}</ref> The number of visitors has been growing steadily over the past decade. This can be attributed to an increasing number of European visitors. Two-thirds of the hotels are located in the city's centre.<ref name="Maps of the Netherlands">{{Cite web |date=June 2020 |title=Tourist Map Amsterdam |url=https://kaartnederland.net/images/cities/Amsterdam_tourisme_plattegrond.jpg}}</ref> Hotels with four or five stars contribute 42% of the total beds available and 41% of the overnight stays in Amsterdam. The room occupation rate was 85% in 2017, up from 78% in 2006.<ref name="Dutch Hotel City Index 2019">{{Cite web |date=June 2019 |title=Dutch Hotel City Index 2019 |url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/file/152008684.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.hospitalitynet.org/file/152008684.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TourismReport">{{Cite web |last1=Fedorova, T |last2=Meijer, R |date=January 2007 |title=Toerisme in Amsterdam 2006/2007 |url=http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/pdf/2008_toerisme_in_amsterdam.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528004444/http://www.os.amsterdam.nl/pdf/2008_toerisme_in_amsterdam.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008 |access-date=22 May 2008 |language=nl}}</ref> The majority of tourists (74%) originate from Europe. The largest group of non-European visitors come from the United States, accounting for 14% of the total.<ref name="TourismReport" /> Certain years have a theme in Amsterdam to attract extra tourists. For example, the year 2006 was designated "Rembrandt 400", to celebrate the 400th birthday of [[Rembrandt|Rembrandt van Rijn]]. Some hotels offer special arrangements or activities during these years. The average number of guests per year staying at the four campsites around the city range from 12,000 to 65,000.<ref name="TourismReport" />

In 2023, the city began running a campaign to dissuade British men between the ages of 18 and 35 from coming to the city as tourists. The ad shows young men being handcuffed by police and is part of a new campaign to clean up the city's reputation.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Holligan |first1=Anna |date=29 March 2023 |title=Amsterdam launches stay away ad campaign targeting young British men |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65107405 |access-date=29 March 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 25 May 2023, in a bid to crackdown on wild tourist behaviour, the city banned weed smoking in public areas in and around the red light district.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boztas |first=Senay |date=25 May 2023 |title='Potheads, go giggle elsewhere': public weed ban begins in Amsterdam |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/25/amsterdam-public-weed-smoking-ban-begins |access-date=25 May 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

====De Wallen (red-light district)====
{{Anchor|Red light district}}
{{Main|De Wallen}}
[[File:Red-light district of Amsterdam by day. 2012.JPG|thumb|right|[[De Wallen]], Amsterdam's [[Red-light district]], offers activities such as legal [[Prostitution in the Netherlands|prostitution]] and a number of [[Coffeeshop (Netherlands)|coffee shops]] that sell [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]]. It is one of the main tourist attractions.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csX0f7AVM3gC&pg=PA705 |title=Sex and Society |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7614-7908-6 |pages=705–}}</ref>]]
De Wallen, also known as Walletjes or Rosse Buurt, is a designated area for [[Prostitution in the Netherlands|legalised prostitution]] and is Amsterdam's largest and best-known [[red-light district]]. This neighbourhood has become a famous attraction for tourists. It consists of a network of canals, streets, and alleys containing several hundred small, one-room apartments rented by [[sex worker]]s who offer their services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights. In recent years, the city government has been closing and repurposing the famous red-light district windows in an effort to clean up the area and reduce the amount of party and sex tourism.