The ultimate environmental protection country, there is a road ban, confetti is fined 2,300 yuan, environmental protection first
Environmental protection was first proposed by American female biologists in 1939, and later became popular all over the world. Despite the advocacy of various countries, only a small village in Switzerland is the most thoroughly green: there are roads, but driving is not allowed, and a fine of 2,300 yuan is for throwing a piece of paper.
Zermatt is a small town in the Swiss Alps, and it is known as the "City of Ice" because it is surrounded by snow and ice. It is a very small village, it takes about twenty minutes to get from one main road to another, and there are only a little more than a thousand inhabitants here, plus some tourists and merchants, which is more than two thousand people in total. However, the Swiss** still treats the city as its own, equipped with the best equipment, and even installed a new type of high-efficiency lighting on Zermatt Street, in order to attract more tourists to this "pollution-free" mountain village.
With the support of the state, what will be the shining point of this small mountain village?First of all, there is the issue of transportation.
Larger towns in Switzerland can take the train to the terminal in Zermatt, but driving is not possible, and Zermatt was the first small village in the world to completely ban motor vehicle emissions, so stop at the towns of Tash or Brig, 10 kilometres away. The little-known town of Tash has become one of the most popular tourist destinations, with the number of tourists surging from a few thousand to three million a year, more than ninefold, and most people who do business and work in Zermatt rent a house in the city.
Transport in Zermatt and outside is largely based on the oldest "gear" trains, which, although the capacity of the improved "gear" trains are not large, but the time savings and safety are several times higher. From here, 10 kilometres away, you can take the "Glacier Express", which takes only 10 to 12 minutes, and this is the beginning of a very special trip: the first city in the world that is not allowed to pass through motor vehicles;The world's first "pollution-free concept village";Europe's largest and highest outdoor ski resort;There is also the "worship" of Matt Peak, the only one that has been conquered by humans so far.
The Matterhorn is a very important figure for the Swiss, and it is located in the Alps and is known as the "King of the Mountains" because of its height of only 4,400 meters. The Matterhorn is a steep mountain that attracts countless climbers until 1865, when three out of eleven people came out, and since then, no one has been able to climb to the top.
Zermatt is not open to the public all year round, from April to May and October to November, when visitors are not allowed to enter, and the villagers carry out a comprehensive inspection of the surrounding environment, including the maintenance of the air, water quality, houses and green spaces. As early as 1900, the villagers of Zermatt planted a small tree in the village when they planted trees and had children, children, children, wives and children, and even old people when they died.
As a result, Switzerland's already dense forests are a trifle for the people of Zermatt, and the quality of the air here is judged by the naked eye, and more than 10 kilometers away, the Matterhorn glacier has cracked due to rain, which means that the climate is bad or the environment has deteriorated.
In Switzerland, there are no garbage cans in tourist attractions or in the suburbs, and if anyone throws garbage here, they will be fined 350 francs (2,300 yuan), and there will be only one warning, if anyone violates it again, they will be sentenced to seven days in prison, and they will be expelled from the country, and they will be expelled from Switzerland, and they will be fined in full.
In the villages, all the hotels and restaurants have a sign that says, "Please put your garbage in your bag and put it in the garbage cans on both sides, if you don't, you will have to pay." "There are only two smoking rooms in this town, and they are all some of the best filtration and purification equipment in the world, and smoking a cigarette on the street is equivalent to throwing away a pile of garbage.
As a result, a town with a population of less than 1,000 attracts thousands of tourists. The recycling and discharge of waste alone has put many hotels off, while large corporations are rushing to build demolitionable, 100% carbon-free hotels. It is reported that an average hotel costs about 8.8 million Swiss francs, but a garbage and wastewater treatment facility costs 3 million francs, and two complex tests are carried out in a year.
There are too many rules in Zermatt, not to mention the Chinese, even people from European and American countries have complained one after another, and even some European nobles have gone to Switzerland to "sue" because they were punished. But Zermatt continued to do his own thing, and he openly retorted: "We don't welcome anyone who causes pollution and destroys the ecology." In the eyes of many, Zermatt doesn't have too many tourists, but that's not the case, Zermatt has three million visitors a year, 85% of whom are high-end tourists who stay for four consecutive days.
There was a 1With 5 meters of heavy snow, the train was forced to stop, but Zermatt was "arrogant" and rented dozens of *** to send more than 13,000 trapped passengers to neighboring towns one by one. What's even more interesting is that Zermatt reimbursed all the expenses during the stay, including the money for hotels and skiing, and the trip was for nothing. Perhaps, this is the biggest factor in Zermatt's thriving for more than a hundred years.