Is it safe to travel in India? Things to know about traveling in India

In fact, when it comes to India, I'm sure that out of a hundred people traveling abroad not more than one will choose India, but there are some curious people who want to go to India to see what it's really like. If you must go to India, I hope you will read this article to know what India is really like and what you should pay attention to when you go there.

Safety is an issue when traveling in India, especially for women. Women's safety incidents in India are frequent: just this March, an Irish woman writer was raped and murdered in Goa, India, the first stop on the globe, and the black bus case that shocked the world before that is still fresh in our minds....

India was once considered the most unsafe country for women. Although this was fueled by the media, there is no wind, so many people are afraid of this mysterious country.

In order to promote tourism, the Indian government recently launched a tourism promotion campaign in several cities in China. India's tourism minister said publicly at the promotional activities: China (tourists) is now our top priority. In a couple of years, I want 1% of Chinese outbound tourists, or 1.4 million people, to come to India; and as a long-term goal, I want 10% of Chinese outbound tourists to come to India, or 14 million people. There is nothing wrong with that. It's all about economic development. But what he said later came as a shock. He said, "India is a very, very safe country for women, no problem at all."

This is of course a bit of a lustful statement. If there was no problem with safety, it wouldn't be particularly emphasized. Chinese netizens, of course, are no dummies and have been spouting off. One netizen wittily commented, "That's right, Ganges water is the cleanest in the world, you can drink it directly." Others replied, "I wouldn't dare go to one, bro .

What do you think of the Indian tourism minister's comments? Would you go to India again?

If you must go to India, please note the following:

1. Safety. From the highest life safety, to social security, to property safety, my advice is to try to choose non-Indian run establishments, be it flights, hotels, restaurants. For example, for flights you can choose Kingfisher UK, but try not to choose Air India. The same goes for hotels. Choose international chain branded hotels, not local Indian brands and prefer business hotels with good security measures. The main safety hazard is traffic safety. Don't cross the roads randomly in India. Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi have the highest number of traffic accidents in the world. It takes a minute to run someone over. Indians are actually not very friendly to animals like cows and horses on the road. They honk and blow away and all kinds of vehicles run rampant on the streets. My advice is to have a local car for transportation and try not to go too far out of the way. There's not much to see.

2. Hygiene, this really doesn't need to be detailed. Even for locals, India has the highest incidence of dysentery in the world according to WHO. Drinking water! As per what I said earlier, hotels should always be business hotels with international chain brands as they can help you with drinking water. The free water provided daily in your hotel room should be enough for you. If it's not enough, try asking the hotel for water again or you'll have to go back home within three days. I won't say much about food and drink, try to settle it in the hotel. Indian food is nothing to experience. I can tell you responsibly that it's all the same flavor. Whether it's lamb, chicken or fish, it's all just seasoned and you can't taste any of the ingredients themselves at all.

3. In terms of infrastructure, the transportation has basically given you an idea. The roads are in very poor condition. The locally made Tata cars are in very poor condition and often stall and break down. People who are not locals basically don't drive their cars. Slow cars don't stop at stops. As long as you slow down and jump into the car yourself, the car's distance from the ground is very high. No one can get on without some light skills. What's more, urbanization in India started late, and didn't begin on a large scale until around 2000. In the capital city of Delhi, many places don't even have universal access to the power grid, and power outages are common. Mumbai is a more developed city, but there is almost no night scene in the city. At night, it's dark everywhere except the downtown area. Even at the Marriott on the beach, you can only hear the waves but not see them. So there's really no reason to go out at night, and there's not much local nightlife. Just sleep at night, but there is still a two hour time difference in the country. You can't sleep so you play with your cell phone in your room.

If it's a woman and she says she wants to go to India alone, I'm strongly against your plan. India is a traditionally male-dominated country with extreme machismo, and a large portion of the population has not yet embraced the universal values of the West. The status of women in this country is so low that it's called "the land of men". You are only in a few civilized areas, such as airports, star hotels, and high-end restaurants. It is only in modern business centers and modern corporations that you see the kind of Indian women who seem to be living a life of universal values. They just look like wearing non-traditional Indian saris or jeans and t-shirts. Whether it's a regular airport worker, an intern at the front desk of a hotel, or a store clerk selling goods in a mall, any woman you see on the street who makes it out to work is invariably from the affluent class. Believe me, I can assure you 100%. Other than that, you don't see any Indian women who go out to work (unless they are sex workers). They are either at home with their kids or farming. Yes, farming, you are right. The hoeing kind. All the people you can see working in decent jobs are either men from well-to-do families or women from well-to-do families, without exception. So you can see how extreme male power is in India. Those who are located in

I know that India's ancient culture has always attracted a lot of literary young women in China, but India really isn't as beautiful as you think. If not for work, there is no reason to go to India. There is no food and no scenery. The streets are full of beggars and wild dogs, which seem to be one with people and animals. But in fact, everyone's face is frowning, you can rarely see Indians who do not frown.