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[[Image:Pont Notre-Dame July 29, 2010.jpg|thumb|Tour boat in [[Paris]] ]]

A '''tour boat''' is a [[boat]] used, and frequently purpose-built or adapted, for [[boat tour]]s, a type of [[tourism]] frequently offered in much visited towns and cities of historic interest, that have [[canal]]s or a river running through it, or that lie on a coast or a lake.

==Design and construction==
To maximize the view outside for all (paying) passengers, a tour boat is usually constructed with a maximum amount and size of windows, possibly including a glazed roof, sometimes yielding a [[greenhouse]]-like [[superstructure]]. In order to be able to pass under small, low, sometimes centuries old little bridges, over canals in historic city centers, such tour boats may have a very specific design, lying very low in the water, with passengers sometimes sitting up to their waist below the water line, as well as being short and narrow, to allow making very tight turns around canals.

To minimize their burden on local residents and/or the natural environment, tour boats can be powered with [[Noise|silent running]], zero [[Air pollution|emissions]] [[electric boat|electric drive]].<ref>[https://www.vanvossen.com/elektrisch-varen/rondvaartboten/ Electric Boating (in Dutch) - VanVossen Boats]</ref> In 2004, the [[Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands|Netherlands Energy Research Centre, ECN]], and Canal Cruises Delft researched the option of running the Delft tour bouts using [[hydrogen fuel|hydrogen]] [[fuel cell]]s.<ref>[https://publicaties.ecn.nl/PdfFetch.aspx?nr=ECN-C--05-065 ECN Publications: Rondvaartboot op waterstof (Tour boat on hydrogen; in Dutch)]</ref> In Amsterdam, a 100 passenger capacity hydrogen power tour boat was taken into service in 2006.<ref>[https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-regelingen/projecten/waterstofboot-amsterdam Waterstofboot in Amsterdam (Hydrogen boat in Amsterdam; in Dutch)</ref>

===''"Duck tour"'' amphibious truck and bus designs===
A specific sub-type of tour boat is the [[DUKW|''duck'']] [[Duck tour|''tour'' vehicle]] or [[Amphibious vehicle#Buses|amphibious bus]]. In [[World War II]], the [[United States of America|United States]] built and deployed over 20,000 [[DUKW]] 2½-ton payload, 6x6 drive, [[Amphibious vehicle#Trucks|amphibious trucks]]; and upon winning the war, many became surplus, and were left (sold or donated) in the liberated countries. In many countries these very robust vehicles were adapted, and proved very suitable in their new role of amphibious tour bus / boats. <br>
In the Netherlands, company [[Amfibus]] has built multiple purpose-constructed amphibious tour-buses, that are propelled by [[pump-jet]]s when in the water. The amfibus in Rotterdam has been in operation since 2011 for tourists, making 1,200 trips a year, carrying some 40,000 passengers.<ref name=Glasgow20>[https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/amfibus-water-bus-river-clyde-16100379 Why plans to introduce an 'amfibus' on the River Clyde sank without a trace – GlasgowLive]</ref>

<gallery mode=packed>
ENI 02332751 Splashtours I (04).JPG|Splashtours amphibious '[[Amfibus]]' in Rotterdam
'Duck'.JPG|Duck tour in [[Singapore]]
</gallery>

==Netherlands==
[[Image:Toeristenboot Amsterdam.JPG|thumb|Tour boat in Amsterdam]]
In the Netherlands, boat tours are offered in many larger towns and cities with [[Gracht|''grachten'']]<ref>plural of ''gracht''</ref> and/or ''singels'' (intra-urban canals), like in [[Amsterdam]], [[Delft]], [[Leiden]], [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] and [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]. In [[Maastricht]] a [[river cruise]] on the [[Meuse]] is offered, including to adjacent [[Liège]] in Belgium. From [[Rotterdam]] center, the [[Port of Rotterdam]] can be cruised, over the [[Nieuwe Maas|"New Meuse"]], now a [[distributary]] of the [[Rhine]] (river), but formerly a distributary of the [[Meuse (river)]].

In 2010, boat tours through the Amsterdam [[Grachtengordel|Canal District]] hosted a record setting 3,072,000 visitors, making them the busiest [[tourist attraction]] in the country.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150429182341/http://www.seo.nl/uploads/media/2012-70_Het_roer_moet_om_01.pdf Marktordening in Amsterdam (in Dutch; archived)]</ref>

==Notes==
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==See also==
((commonscat|Tour boats))
* [[Narrowboat]]
* [[List of boat types]]

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