Switzerland has a privileged position at the heart of Europe. Not only do residents have the glorious Swiss Alps and azure lakes to explore, they can easily border hop to other amazing destinations in Austria, France, Germany and Italy.
But travel can also be practical, and a more mundane reason is enticing the Swiss to France this summer.
Given the soaring costs of fuel, an increasing number of Geneva area residents are driving over the French border to fill up their cars.
The phenomenon has been described as ‘pump tourism’, overtaking the ‘shopping tourism’ that has long seen the Genevese buying cheaper goods in border towns.
A litre of fuel in Geneva now
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