Livigno Today

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• What is this man buying? Why? What does it tell
  us about Livigno?

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Livigno Today

• What could be happening here? Why the cars?
  and petrol stations?

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Livigno Today

• What retailing is happening here?

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What sort of high order goods are for sale here?
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Livigno Today

• What is this building? How has the nature of
  tourist accommodation changed?

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Livigno Today

• What employment possibilities are there in
  Livigno today? Which are seasonal? Use the last
  three pictures to work out how patterns of
  employment have changed.

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• P Routledge (Kings Wood School, Havering)

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• The End

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Teacher Notes Livigno (Case Study based on
Places Waugh) the whole of the Livigno Valley
has, by EU agreement, been declared a tax free
zone and consequently people from neighbouring
areas in northern Italy travel to buy all sorts
of goods groceries, cigarettes and high order
goods. Each day the whole settlement is busy
with huge numbers of shoppers who access the
village by road links through the mountains. The
changes described in the textbook set the basis
for what has happened but now there is
considerable investment in new shops, in quality
hotels, and opportunities for skiing. The old
buildings remain in many parts and many people
still have some agricultural interests. It may
be worthwhile considering the economic, social
and environmental impacts of such changes and
reflect also upon the impact of small settlements
outside the tax free zone but along the roads
leading to the passes. The small tunnel (single
file) to Switzerland is not busy in summer as
there is a charge of 10 Euros for a single
ticket. Currently (2006) sugrar was retailing
for 59 cents (c. 40p per kilo) and petrol at 95
cents per litre (c. 65p). The pictures were
taken in August 2006.