Voters in the Swiss Canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes got to have their say in a proposal put together to ban naked hikers in their region of the Alps.
The (primarily German) hikers had been prancing through the Alps without any clothes, much to the chagrin of the residents.
People caught in the buff will now receive a 200CHF fine (about $176).
Residents of the Inner Rhodes area have described the naked tourists as “thoroughly disturbing and irritating,”
Their neighbors in the Appenzell Outer Rhodes Canton are preparing a similar ban which will probably bring an end to the German web sites describing the activity as “a special experience of nature, free and healthy”.
Still, these German naturists could always check out this recently opened hotel in their own country.