https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04783n9x94o
'Tourists will be rewarded with free food and activities if they participate in
environmentally friendly tasks while visiting Copenhagen, the city's tourist
board has announced.
The trial scheme, which begins on 15 July, will see tourist attractions in the
Danish capital offer rewards for activities such as litter-picking, travelling
by public transport or biking around the city.
Under the initiative, visitors can claim free lunches, coffees, glasses of wine
and kayak rental in return for their work.
The "CopenPay" scheme is designed to offset the "environmental burden" of
tourism, according to the Copenhagen tourist board.
"When you travel abroad - if you fly to other places or you travel by car - you
pollute," says the tourist board's communications chief Rikke Holm Petersen.
"One of the things we can change is getting people to act more sustainably at
the destination."
The plan is only a "little step towards the green transition", Ms Petersen
admits.
The project is "trust-based", meaning attractions are unlikely to ask for proof
that the green activity has been completed. "In some attractions you might have
to show a picture of you riding a bike, or of your public transportation
ticket," she says.
The government is not reimbursing the companies behind the attractions -
including museums, rooftop bars and kayaking charities - for participating in
the scheme. So far 24 organisations have signed up to the pilot.'
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