Delhi Tops the Chart As The 'Most Unsafe City' For Women Again!

BANGALORE: Just ahead of the International Women’s Day, TripAdvisor, well known travel site revealed Delhi as still the most unsafe city for women amongst the top 10 Indian cities polled. This is followed by Kolkata and Jaipur ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The survey is based on the findings from its annual Women Travel Survey 2014, collected from 1068 women respondents with an aim at understanding the travel sentiment and preferences of Indian women with respect to leisure travel while travelling as a single woman or as part of an all-women group.

Among the 63 percent respondents who have never travelled alone, 33 percent felt that it was unsafe for a woman to travel alone in India. Despite safety being a prime concern, over 51 percent respondents were not aware that hotels in India and abroad have floors exclusively for women. Yet given a choice over 72 percent women would like to stay at such hotels while travelling solo or in an all women group.  

“An encouraging proportion of women in India have started to travel by themselves, or in all-women groups. What is discomforting is their preference for overseas destinations as opposed to India, from a safety perspective. It is imperative that this perception of India changes soon, to encourage more women travellers to get out there and experience the country,” says Nikhil Ganju, Country Manager, TripAdvisor India.

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