69 million page views

Tourists spend money when they feel safe

Reader comment on item: Does Europe Have No-go Zones?
in response to reader comment: 2007 "Why Aren't U.S. Cities Burning?" by Michael B. Katz

Submitted by Tourist (Canada), Feb 7, 2015 at 10:13

As a tourist I always search out the safe areas which are heavily patrolled by police. I avoid ghettos, public housing projects, drug dealing corners and after dark I avoid areas where large groups of young drunk fighting lads and their girls congregate. Once crime hits a tourist area I financially boycott that city.

Submitting....

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".

Follow Daniel Pipes

Facebook   Twitter   RSS   Join Mailing List

All materials by Daniel Pipes on this site: © 1968-2023 Daniel Pipes. daniel.pipes@gmail.com and @DanielPipes

Support Daniel Pipes' work with a tax-deductible donation to the Middle East Forum.Daniel J. Pipes

(The MEF is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Tax-ID 23-774-9796, approved Apr. 27, 1998.

For more information, view our IRS letter of determination.)