GAST

Best Practice

Topics

• Mobility
• Regional value added, Governance capacity, Mobility

Short description

GAST is a network of several car-free Swiss touristy communities that promotes car-free recreation and holiday experiences in alpine resorts. The resorts commit themselves to nine decided quality criteria, which are exminded regularly. Members of GAST are Bettmeralp VS, Braunwald GL, Riederalp VS, Rigi LU/SZ, Saas-Fee VS, Stoos SZ, Wengen-Mürren BE, Zermatt VS.

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Project executive

GAST (Gemeinschaft Autofreier Tourismusorte) is a network of several car-free Swiss communities.

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Participants

Switzerland Tourism and the respective car-free communities: Bettmeralp VS, Braunwald GL, Riederalp VS, Rigi LU/SZ, Saas-Fee VS, Stoos SZ, Wengen-Mürren BE, Zermatt VS.

Activities

Activities differ from community to community. Detailed information on products and services is provided on the respective communities' homepages: http://www.bettmeralp.ch -- http://www.braunwald.ch -- http://www.riederalp.ch -- http://www.rigi.ch -- http://www.saas-fee.ch -- http://www.stoos.ch -- http://www.wengen-muerren.ch -- http://www.zermatt.ch

Source of information

Competition

Participant at the 2005 Future in the Alps competition

Homepage

http://www.gast.org