意大利酒店鼓励生育 “造人成功”可退住宿费

意大利中部翁布里亚地区的城市阿西西的10家酒店推出“孕屋”计划，只要有伴侣能够证明孩子是在入住酒店期间“造人成功”，就可获得退款或在将来享用免费住宿。意大利是婴儿出生率最低的国家之一。

Hotels in the Italian city of Assisi are doing their bit to boost the country's flagging birth rate by offering a free holiday to couples who conceive there.

为提振全国持续下降的生育率，意大利阿西西市的酒店为备孕夫妇送福利——夫妻若在酒店住宿期间怀孕即可享受免费假期！

Ten hotels are offering refunds or a free future stay to guests who fall pregnant under the Fertility Room campaign.

十家酒店参加此次“孕屋”活动——于此怀孕的客人们可以享受退款或是未来免费入住优惠。

Guests will simply have to produce a birth certificate to prove the baby was born around nine months after their stay in the medieval city.

客人们只要出示婴儿出生证明，以表明孩子是在他们在酒店住宿大约九个月后出生的即可。阿西西是一座中世纪城市。

"Giving birth to a child is an act of deep love, which should be encouraged despite the multitude of difficulties in life," organizers said as the campaign launched on Friday.

活动组织者在周五的启动仪式上说道：“新生命是两人深沉爱情的结晶，尽管抚养孩子着实不易，但我们还是该鼓励孕育新生命。”

Local tourism councillor Eugenio Guarducci, the man behind the initiative, said the aim was to encourage travel to the Umbrian town in central Italy -- the birthplace of Saint Francis -- and help reverse Italy's low fertility rate.

此次活动的发起人，当地旅游业议员尤金尼奥•瓜尔杜奇表示，该活动旨在吸引大家来圣•弗朗西斯的出生地——位于意大利中部的这座翁布里亚小镇游玩，并帮助扭转意大利低迷的生育率。

Italy has the lowest birthrate in the European Union and one of the lowest in the world, with only eight babies born for every 1,000 residents in 2017, according to EU figures released in July. 欧盟七月份公布的数据显示，意大利在欧盟国家中生育率最低，同时也是世界上生育率最低的国家之一，2017年每1000名居民中仅有8名婴儿出生。