Monday, March 21, 2016

Women tourists afraid to visit India after Nirbhaya gang rape


Policymakers who formulate the policies with regard to tourism need to sit up and take notice that, while there has been a marginal increase in traffic of overseas tourists, it is a fact that women tourists are fighting shy of India. This could be attributed to the shocking Nirbhaya gang rape of 2012.
Government data has revealed how growth in women tourist arrivals has dropped from 11.6% in 2013 to 9.7% in 2014. The total foreign tourist arrivals, on the other hand, has increased by 10.2% in 2014 as compared to 2% the previous year.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 March 2016.
Their fears are genuine because, because as per data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there were 384 cases of crime against women tourists from overseas registered in 2014. The maximum number of cases were registered in Delhi (135), followed by Goa (66) and Uttar Pradesh (64). The corresponding NCRB data for previous years is not available. The ministry has already introduced a few measures to counter the impression that the country is dangerous for women travelers. One of these is a 24- hour multi-lingual helpline and deployment of tourist police at popular destinations. This helpline is available in 10 international languages that include Arabic, French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Moreover, the ministry has also issued guidelines to states to devise measures for better protect and safety of tourists. One of these is to popularize some tips for travelers like taking a picture of a taxi's number plate before boarding it.


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