INQUIRER.net: Rape fears fuel tourists’ anxiety in India

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Rape fears fuel tourists' anxiety in India Mar 19th 2013, 23:57 NEW DELHI—Danish tourist Judith Jensen has a long list of don'ts to help her feel safe during her holiday in India.   She won't hail a taxi off the street, she won't stay in an obscure hotel and she won't go out after dark—all decisions made in response to the growing reporting of sexual crime in the country.   "I have read and heard so much about rape in India that now I feel this persistent sense of danger," Jensen, 42, told AFP as she walked through a popular market in downtown Delhi.   The tourism ministry's ubiquitous Incredible India marketing campaign has helped raise the number of foreign visitors over the past decade to around 6.6 million... Keep on reading: Rape fears fuel tourists’ anxiety in India Media files: India-Tourist-Attack.jpg (image/jpeg)

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