(03-19-2015, 02:04 PM)Westenders Wrote:(03-19-2015, 11:29 AM)TAH Wrote: Well, Cabo is known for being a major drug cartel corridor and has had increasing levels of violence for years now. The main tourist areas are generally considered "safe" though.
Tunisia? I'm not even addressing that one...
Miami is a metropolis, yet the murder rate there (per capita) is far below that of JA.
But what is the tourist murder stats per capita in Miami compared to jamaica...
Not touching Tunisia? 23 tourists now dead. Ok then, so is it a selective point then about jamaica, or indeed negril compared with other countries crimes against tourists.
I'm really not wanting to minimise crap in Jamaica, but the reality is tourist murders are not common.....in contrast to the citizen murders.
No idea the per capita murder rate against tourists in Miami, and I'm not taking the time to look it up. The "not touching Tunisia" comment I thought was self explanitory. Tunisia isn't a safe and stable place to begin with, and hasn't been for quite a while. It's almost like taking some news from Syria and injecting it into this debate.
One of these things is not like the others.
I'm just trying to keep things in their proper perspective. I'll still go to JA, I'll actually be there in a week or so. I have no desire to bash JA, but people deserve to have an honest discussion about what's happening there.
One other thing; I never said that tourist murder was common, nor did I imply that it was. What I'm concerned about is a tourist either getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, or somehow being witness to something happening. Either scenario is bad, bad, bad, and certainly not out of the realm of possibility.