Female Travellers Feel Pondicherry Is The Most Unsafe Place To Travel As Women; Netizens Divided

What’s the one travel must-have for you? As a woman traveller, I feel I speak for the masses when I say–safety! Sadly, that’s not something we are guaranteed anywhere. While certain places offer good experiences to some, they can be a nightmare to others. Two female travellers shared their experience and thoughts about Pondicherry recently which sparked a heated debate online. Scroll on to know more about it.

Female Travellers Feel Pondicherry Is Unsafe Place For Women Travellers

Travel creator Soni Saloni has travelled to 17 countries solo and has travelled extensively across India as well. She often talks about her travel experiences and even shares ideas and itineraries with her followers. Recently, she sat down with her friend Tarana Nirvana and answered some random travel questions. One of the questions asked was – which is the most unsafe place to travel as a woman? They both answered ‘Pondicherry’.

 

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“I went to Pondicherry for New Year’s, expecting a lot of celebrations. There was nothing. It was very low-key party and I found the crowd very creepy. They were trying to almost grope us to a point,” shared Soni Saloni in a video posted on her Instagram.

Tarana also shared her experience and said, “Not even for the day life. People were taking videos of us when we were on the beach. People were trying to take pictures, you know, in selfie mode with us in the background.”

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Netizens Share Their Two Cents

Soni Saloni’s video where she shared her thoughts about the most unsafe place to travel as a woman has sparked a debate online. While many said that no place is safe for women travellers, others agreed that Pondicherry has turned into a traveller’s nightmare. However, many others had a different opinion on this. They blamed the tourists coming to the union territory for this. Scroll on to see some of these comments.

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Travel is all about experience. To everyone sharing their personal encounter while travelling, we wish you more power and hope for pleasant experiences in the future. For everyone asking Soni Saloni to skip the place or saying she should stay away anyway, we hope you understand that finding a solution to the problem is much needed here. Everyone has the right to express their opinion and talk about them too. We hope that she has many more pleasant travel stories to share with us soon!

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