In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, a foreign tourist Amy Manson from England takes photographs as Indians watch her near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry with a new study showing tourism has plunged
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, an Australian tourist gets temporary a henna tattoo painted on her body at a shop in New Delhi, India. in New Delhi, India. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry. A new study shows tourism has plunged, especially among women, since a 23-year-old Indian student was raped on a New Delhi bus and later died from her injuries, a case that garnered worldwide publicity.
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, foreign tourists look for a hotel near the railway station in New Delhi, India. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry. A new study shows tourism has plunged, especially among women, since a 23-year-old Indian student was raped on a New Delhi bus and later died from her injuries, a case that garnered worldwide publicity.
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, a foreign tourist smokes a cigarette at a market area in New Delhi, India. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry.
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. On a train, a man grabbed De Paolo's breasts from behind but she never reported the crime, deciding there would be no point. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry with a new study showing tourism has plunged
file photo, foreign tourists offer flowers in remembrance of an Indian woman who died after being gang raped in a moving bus in December, in Bodhgaya, India. The rape and murder of the young woman followed by two attacks on foreign female travelers altered how tourists view India and led to a sharp fall in the numbers of foreign tourists, especially women, a study said. In the three months since that attack, the number of foreigners travelling to India has dropped by 25 percent, according to the study by the New Delhi-based Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The number of women tourists has dropped by 35 percent, the study released late Sunday, March 31, 2013 said
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, a foreign tourist dressed in Indian outfit watches a cow-pulled cart passing by in New Delhi, India. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry.
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, German tourist Carolina De Paola, 22, walks near the landmark Gateway of India in Mumbai, India. A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. On a train, a man grabbed De Paolo's breasts from behind but she never reported the crime, deciding there would be no point.
In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo, foreign tourists walk on a street near the railway station in New Delhi, India. Violence against women, and the huge publicity generated by recent attacks here, is threatening India's $17.7 billion tourism industry. A new study shows tourism has plunged, especially among women, since a 23-year-old Indian student was raped on a New Delhi bus and later died from her injuries, a case that garnered worldwide publicity.
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