The recent assaults in Brazil and India have raised questions about those countries’ safety records. Here are the places where travelers should actually be wary.
India is included, not because of Terrorism , but of increase in the number of Rapes.
Hang your heads in Shame.
Preferable to be called a Country of Terrorism than of Rapists.
Story:
It’s been an alarming past few weeks for fans of international travel.
In March, a Swiss woman was gang-raped while she was camped out in a forest with her husband after a day of biking around the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. And on Monday, an American tourist was raped by three men over the course of six hours while aboard a public van near the seaside resort town of Copacabana .
The incidents have already taken their public-relations toll. The Brazil rape is the latest evidence that the country has a growing sexual assault problem — reports of rapes there have risen 150 percent since 2009 — and raises questions about Brazil’s readiness for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.
And in a new survey of 1,200 tour operations across India, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India found that the number of inbound tourists to the country has dropped 25 percent since December, while the influx of female travelers is down 35 percent.
That’s not surprising, since research shows that violence and other upheavaltends to scare away tourists.
CBC News.
Check the map below to see Foreign Affairs travel recommendations and warnings as of March 2013. Click on any country for more details.
Click The Link Below.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/travel-warnings/
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