Female Tourists Should NOT Wear Skirts in India, says Tourism Minister

Owing to the National crime statistics that show 92 women are raped each day in India, mostly in rural areas, though the figure is widely believed to be an underestimate.  Coupled with street harassment and violence, sometimes called “eve-teasing”, experienced by 79% of Indian women according to a recent survey.

India’s tourism minister has proffered a solution advise to foreign women. Female tourist traveling to India should not wear skirts or walk alone at night in the country’s small towns and cities “for their own safety”.

Discussing tourist security in the north Indian city of Agra, site of the Taj Mahal, Mahesh Sharma said foreign arrivals to India were issued a welcome kit that included safety advice for women.