意大利一座小鎮倒貼2000歐元 只求有人入住!

The mayor of a picturesque Italian town has come up with a novel solution in tackling its dwindling population figure - by paying people to move there.

意大利一個風景如畫的小鎮的鎮長，爲解決該鎮人口日益減少的問題，提出了一個新穎的解決辦法，即付錢請人們移居到這裏。

Nicola Gatta wants to return Candela, a small medieval town in Puglia, to its former glories when there were more than 8,000 residents in its Nineties heyday.

鎮長尼古拉·加塔希望能重振小鎮過去的輝煌，位於普列利亞區的坎德拉是一箇中世紀小鎮，在90年代鼎盛時期，居民曾多達8000餘人。

Today, however, thanks to a troubled economy, there are just 2,700 people remaining in the town.

然而，因爲經濟不景氣，如今小鎮只有2700名居民。

Therefore, the mayor is offering up to 2,000 euros in an attempt to entice people to move to the area and boost population.

因此，鎮長提供高達2000歐元的獎勵，試圖吸引人們搬到該地區並促進人口增長。

In order to qualify for the cash incentive, new residents must move to Candela where they rent a house and have a job with a salary of at least 7,500 euros per year.

爲符合獲得現金獎勵的資格，新居民必須搬到坎德拉小鎮租房，擁有年薪至少7500歐元的工作。

According to the mayor, six families from northern Italy have already settled in and another five have applied to move.

據這位鎮長表示，意大利北部的六個家庭已經搬來定居，另有五個家庭已申請移居。