YORK, Bath, and Edinburgh ‘safest’ for short breaks

YORK, Bath, and Edinburgh head a list of British cities regarded as safe to visit on a short break, according to research published by Post Office Travel Insurance.

Almost 70 percent of those surveyed about 42 city break destinations rated the three UK cities as safe choices while Venice and Vienna achieved the highest overseas ratings.

Respondents did have concerns about a number of overseas cities. Based on their personal experience or what they knew about them, Cairo, Bangkok, Istanbul, Marrakech, Moscow, and Miami topped the poll of cities surveyed that respondents believed to be risky.

But the research revealed that people’s perceptions of risk do not always match reality. Although respondents expressed the view that Moscow and Miami were ‘risky’ cities, none of those who had actually visited the two cities experienced problems normally covered by travel insurance. By contrast, while Athens and Hong Kong emerged as the cities where visitors had most often encountered difficulties, fewer respondents rated them ‘risky’.

The research also found that more than a quarter of respondents felt they had been ‘ripped off’ on city visits. The biggest culprits across all destinations were thought to be taxi drivers.

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