With an Expected 29 Million Tourists by 2030, Netherlands to Stop Promoting Tourism to Curb Overcrowding

With an Expected 29 Million Tourists by 2030, Netherlands to Stop Promoting Tourism to Curb Overcrowding
Tourists take selfies among tulips at the Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands, in this file photo. Robin Utrecht/AFP/Getty Images
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BRUSSELS—The Netherlands is set to stop promoting itself as a holiday destination and is even considering more drastic measures, including new taxes and closing down attractions, as it struggles to cope with a tourism boom.

Authorities in the country of 17 million people are mulling a new set of recommendations after a surge in the number of visitors has left Amsterdam badly overcrowded and its iconic windmills and tulip fields overrun.