The Alpine area is within the national territories of six countries belonging to the European union, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, and in addition to the confederation of principalities of Monaco and Liechistein.

Areas of strong industrial development and tourism, and in general with a good level of public hotels and restaurants.The safety of people is generally good.

The ease of movement is guaranteed directly by international agreements with the European Union, as the entire area is subject to the Schengen agreements, in particular the freedom of movement of persons.
However, between Switzerland and other countries, there is still the customs control of the people and restrictions on the transportation of goods.

There are villages that enjoy the privilege of duty-free area subject to customs restriction and freight:

Campione d'Italia IT
Livigno IT
Samnau CH