The Netherlands is a highly developed capitalist country famous for its seawalls, windmills and tulips, and is the most liberalized in the world in its treatment of drugs and the sex trade, with the world-famous Red Light District.

Amsterdam, its capital, is a historic tourist city in addition to being a world-famous port city. But the city's tourism industry has suffered a major blow because of the epidemic.

According to a Jan. 31 report by the U.K.'s Daily Mail, in an effort to attract? higher quality? tourists, the mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands, plans to move the red light district out of the city center and reduce the sale of sensitive products such as marijuana.

According to the Amsterdam mayor's plan, the original red-light district in the city center will be relocated and a brand-new pornographic service center will be built on the site. This could result in a tiered setup of sex centers, or even the outright elimination of those dealing in sex that serve the underclass.

Along with cutting back on the number of establishments selling marijuana and restricting entry to foreign tourists. This is single-handedly an attempt to improve the city's image and reduce the rate of crime involving products like marijuana.

Amsterdam also wants to improve the situation for sex workers and reduce crimes related to the sale of human beings and the drug trade. The goal is to create a tourism economy with higher added value and a more comfortable and greener tourist environment.

The Dutch News website reported that Amsterdam's city councillors are generally in favor of the renovation plan, and all hope to attract more high-quality tourists.

But that may just be wishful thinking on the part of the city's officials, as many tourists may go to the Netherlands for the red-light districts and the free trade of things like marijuana.

The Daily Mail also reported that Amsterdam is known for its rich nightlife and free marijuana purchases, and could attract more than 20 million tourists a year before the new crown outbreak. But with the new renovation plan proposed, the results of a survey of tourists interviewed showed that 11 percent of those polled would choose not to come back to Amsterdam because of the marijuana and red-light district issues.

That's a bit of a losing proposition.