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Topic: Foreign Tourist Arrivals Down 25% in India due to Rape Concerns

+kook news 13.5 years ago #20,562

http://english.cri.cn/6966/2013/03/31/189s757018.htm

Foreign tourist inflows into India have registered a 25-percent drop in the last three months of the year in the wake of rape incidents reported in the country, according to a survey by the Assocham Social Development Foundation (ASDF).

Assocham surveyed 1,200 tour operators from different cities who cited safety and security issues and the global economic slowdown as the main reasons for the decline in foreign tourist arrivals, according to the Hindu Business Line.

Assocham says India's tourism industry has primarily been impacted by deteriorating safety and security standards. Inbound foreign tourists have opted for other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. The situation has been further aggravated by advisories issued by various countries to their citizens visiting India to be cautious and avoid the country if possible.

+Jesus !tAeypC6c6g13.5 years ago, 16 minutes later[T] [B] #249,503

Not reading that.

·kook news (OP) — 13.5 years ago, 31 minutes later, 47 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #249,515

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/31/egypt-cairo-women-rights-revolution


How Egypt's radical rulers crush the lives and hopes of women

Women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in Tahrir Square in 2011. Now they are back on the streets, opposing a new constitution that sweeps away their rights and opens the way for girls of 13 to be married. And in Cairo's slums, life grows harder as the gulf between the sexes widens

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