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 refunds¹ or a free future stay to guests who fall pregnant under the Fertility Room campaign. 

 

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. 

 

"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. 

 

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.

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