MUMBAI: Even as crimes against women are making headlines in the city, women, who travel alone, still consider Mumbai the safest city compared to other Indian metros, and Maharashtra the safest state. Not surprisingly, Delhi was tagged the least safest city in India.
These findings were part of a countrywide survey that recorded the perception of solo woman travellers. "Due to the recent spate of crime against women, Delhi has gained notoriety with 84% women claiming it to be the most unsafe metro in the country," revealed the Solo Women Traveller Survey 2013, which was carried out by atravel website.
While Mumbai bagged the tag of safest city with 34% votes, Ahmedabad and Bangalore were tied at a distant second with 12% votes each. Nearly 60% respondents said Delhi NCR was the most unsafe among the Indian states and union territories. At a distant second was Bihar (18%), followed by Uttar Pradesh (8%).
A majority of 27% women said they considered Maharashtra to be the safest state, followed by Gujarat (15%) and Karnataka (10%).
"The rise in number of women travelling alone on business is an understandable fallout of the increase in the number of working women. The surprise is the significant number of women who choose to travel alone on vacation," said Nikhil Ganju, country manager, TripAdivsor India, which carried out the survey with a sample size of 500 women. "Another interesting insight that highlights a latent opportunity for the hospitality sector is that 78% respondents said they would prefer to stay in an all-women's hotel or on a women exclusive floor when traveeling alone," he added.
The survey said: "At least 37% women said they don't mind travelling alone for work, but worry about their safety. While 24% respondents said they worry about their safety when they travel within India, but not overseas, only 6% said they worry when they travel abroad alone, but not in India."
The other findings
* 41% respondents said they actually enjoyed travelling alone for work.
* 76% women said they enjoy going solo on a holiday.
* 58% respondents said their biggest incentive for solo vacations was that they could do want they want to 34% women indicated they loved travelling alone as it was adventurous and exciting.
* 32% said the thrill of managing everything by themselves was a motivator.
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