woensdag 5 november 2014

Italian alpine guides fear hotel-led tours will put tourists at risk

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Professional guides say law allowing ‘cooks and barmen’ to lead simple mountain trips will undermine quality and safety.They are the professional descendants of the rugged locals who once eased British gentlefolk and German aristocrats up the Dolomites in the latter half of the 19th century – and the alpine guides of Trentino in north-eastern Italy are fiercely proud of both their history and their present.A century and a half after they were first in demand, however, that pride has taken a blow with a new law that they claim downgrades their expertise and puts tourists at greater risk of accidents.

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