The local government in Amsterdam, Netherlands has banned guided tours that take groups past the famed windows in the city's red-light district where visitors watch semi-naked sex workers pose. Sex workers are regularly abused and photographed without their consent by members of tour groups, the city said. "It is disrespectful to treat sex workers as a tourist attraction," Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Victor Everhardt said in a statement. Amsterdam mulls red light district change* Amsterdam sex workers angry at red light district tours ban* Amsterdam to ban red-light district toursJOSEP CURTO/123RF Amsterdam has for years suffered a negative side from too many people crowding the canal-side streets of the city's historic heart, which includes the red-light district. Banning group tours of the red-light district windows "will help to prevent disruptions for residents and businesses," Everhardt said.

Source: Stuff February 13, 2020 16:41 UTC