""Our national roads, especially the major Alpine routes, are congested with transit traffic that brings no benefit to our country," according to MP Marco Chiesa, who instigated this measure in the parliament. "It is unacceptable that Switzerland continues to suffer the consequences of this parasitic traffic." What he and his supporters are proposing is a 'tourist transit tax', levied specifically on people who enter the country by road. Rail and air travellers are exempt."
""We do, however, know the broad outline of it - which is that it applies only to people who enter Switzerland by road from one country and then exit Switzerland into another country, without stopping in Switzerland itself. Because Switzerland is a small country which has borders with five countries, that's not a wildly unlikely scenario. Its geographical position means that people do pass through if, for example, they are driving from Germany to Italy for a holiday.""
A proposed tourist transit tax would apply to people entering Switzerland by road from one country and exiting into another without stopping. Rail and air travellers would be exempt. The aim is to reduce congested national roads, particularly major Alpine routes, by discouraging transit traffic that provides no benefit to Switzerland. Implementation would require enhanced monitoring of border-crossing points and faces administrative and logistical hurdles. The proposal appears to have cross-party support but must pass through the parliamentary process. The two-country requirement means routine day trips returning to the same country would not be affected, though some holiday routes could be.
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