(CNN)  -- The Netherlands plans to ban foreigners from the country's famed pot shops, a decision Amsterdam's tourism industry hopes goes up in smoke. The Dutch Cabinet late last month said the measure was needed to "reduce nuisance and drugs tourism," arguing that "substance use of minors has to be countered more strongly and that coffee shops have grown into large points of sale of cannabis that are hard to manage." Known as the "Weed Pass," the measure will turn coffee shops into private clubs for Dutch citizens over the age of 18. The memberships will last for a minimum of a year, and each shop will have a capped number of members.
@highlight
Dutch plan to ban foreigners from coffee shops where marijuana is sold
@highlight
Government says measure is needed to reign in substance abuse
@highlight
Plan will take hold across the country in 2012
@highlight
Amsterdam vows to fight the measure
"The @placeholder expects that closure of coffee shops to foreign drugs tourists will ensure that they no longer travel to the Netherlands to purchase and consume cannabis.