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01 Apr 2013 10:06 #128540
by chairman
The number of foreign tourists arriving in India dropped by 25% during the first three months of this year, largely because of fears about the risk of sexual assault, according to an industry survey.
The number of female tourists fell by 35% compared with the same period last year, with Indian tour operators reporting many cancellations from January to March following the fatal gang rape of a physiotherapist on a Delhi bus last December.
The figures from the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (Assocham) are based on a survey of 1,200 tour operators and contradict the government's rosy picture of the tourism business.
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01 Apr 2013 10:08 #128541
by TABL
Well, this makes sense to me. If you feel scared or threatened, you're not going to want to visit somewhere.
Granted, things like that can happen anywhere, not just India. But being as it was in the news, people noticed. KWIM?
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