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Swiss Alps state bans nude hiking

29 April 2009 08:04am

Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps have banned naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region.

By a show of hands citizens of the tiny canton (state) of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a 200 Swiss franc (£118) fine on violators.

Only a scattering of people have opposed the new ban on the back-to-nature activity that took off last autumn.