The gorgeous European city rewarding tourists for one thing as protests erupt elsewhere

Copenhagen is now rewarding tourists for picking up litter. (Image: Getty) Copenhagen is introducing a new scheme to reward tourists for participating in environmentally friendly tasks such as picking up litter and cycling through the city. Tourists will be given free food and activities as part of the new CopenPay scheme, starting on July 15 and running until August 11.

Copenhagen's tourist board announced the initiative in order to combat the pollution created by the millions of tourists who visit the city every year. Its communications chief Rikke Holm Petersen said: "When you travel abroad - if you fly to other places or you travel by car - you pollute. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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