johan rebel
Jun 26, 03, 2:33 am
"Ten cities to beware – Cape Town rated third
Britain’s Daily Telegraph - which analysed Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s Annual Personal Safety survey on major cities around the world and listed the ten worst rated holiday destinations – found that Cape Town was rated third worst.
The paper omitted any city whose ranking may have been affected by war, political strife, terrorism or SARS. Cape Town was ranked behind Kingston in Jamaica and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It was stated that despite increased government spending on tourist security, hijackings and street crime levels were still serious problems, as was gun crime.
Cape Metropolitan Tourism's CEO, Rick Taylor conceded that the city had a crime problem, but added that it was not necessarily rife in areas frequented by tourists. "We have had enormous success in the CBD - a city improvement district. Visible policing and CCTV cameras have ensured that crime levels have fallen dramatically. Obviously, township areas are part of greater Cape Town, and the challenge remains to bring crime levels in these and other areas down to an internationally acceptable level. We are encouraged by the government's intention to increase police numbers and improve police training."
The remaining seven cities ranked were:
4th Mexico City, Mexico
5th St Petersburg, Russia
6th Buenos Aires, Argentina
7th Bangkok, Thailand
8th Washington D.C, USA
9th Rome, Italy
10th Athens, Greece"
johan
Britain’s Daily Telegraph - which analysed Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s Annual Personal Safety survey on major cities around the world and listed the ten worst rated holiday destinations – found that Cape Town was rated third worst.
The paper omitted any city whose ranking may have been affected by war, political strife, terrorism or SARS. Cape Town was ranked behind Kingston in Jamaica and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It was stated that despite increased government spending on tourist security, hijackings and street crime levels were still serious problems, as was gun crime.
Cape Metropolitan Tourism's CEO, Rick Taylor conceded that the city had a crime problem, but added that it was not necessarily rife in areas frequented by tourists. "We have had enormous success in the CBD - a city improvement district. Visible policing and CCTV cameras have ensured that crime levels have fallen dramatically. Obviously, township areas are part of greater Cape Town, and the challenge remains to bring crime levels in these and other areas down to an internationally acceptable level. We are encouraged by the government's intention to increase police numbers and improve police training."
The remaining seven cities ranked were:
4th Mexico City, Mexico
5th St Petersburg, Russia
6th Buenos Aires, Argentina
7th Bangkok, Thailand
8th Washington D.C, USA
9th Rome, Italy
10th Athens, Greece"
johan