Nowadays,
many people love to travel around the world especially teenagers, many of them
normally will travel together with their family members, friends or some even
love to travel alone and it depends on everyone interest. Travelling is a very
good activity but do they really aware and concern about their personal safety
issue while travelling? The knowledge of personal safety is very important for
everyone because we must know how to protect our own self and be safe while
travelling around no matter with friends or travelling alone.
Thus,
here are some tips regarding personal safety while travelling that need to be
aware and pay attention to:
First,
do not be alone. Stay close to other
people around us no matter is in public transport, restaurant or other places better
than sitting alone away from crowd while travelling in other countries. The
reason is because many of the criminals like to attack and choose the victim
who is alone especially towards the traveler because it is much easier for them
to attack or rob on them when no people are around.
Besides,
always stay aware and alert to the
surroundings especially travelling in other countries. This is because we
do not familiar towards other countries and also when we travel to other
countries, we almost forget to stay aware to the surroundings because of the
excitement. Thus, while enjoying at the same time we must always stay alert and
focus to the people around us.
Furthermore,
when we go travel, remember always keep
the valuables out of sight and do
not wear too much of jewelry with us while travelling around. This is
because if we often show our valuables towards public especially in other
countries, we do not know when are we going to be the next victim and we also
do not know whether someone already staring for our valuables. Besides, don’t
wear too much of jewelry because it might attract some criminals around us
while travelling and if unlucky tragedy will happened towards us.
Moreover,
leave a complete travel schedule for our
family member or friends before we depart to other countries. This is
because in case there’s anything happened while we are travelling to other
places and when we leave a complete travel schedule which mentioned places that
we going in other countries, it will be easier for them to help us if emergency
or any crisis happened.
Besides
that, bring along personal safety
devices along with us while travelling to other places. There are few
examples of personal safety devices such as pepper spray, keychain personal
alarm, stun guns and etc. Personal safety devices mostly is in a very small and
light so it might be very convenient for us to bring around for protection
especially girls. If we do not know how
to do physical activity such as self –defense during a very emergency
situation, then we can use the devices and it might be very useful especially
travelling around.
In
addition, do not tell anyone when you
are travelling alone. Never tell anybody that you're traveling alone when
you are in other countries. Lie to them if necessary because this is to protect
our own self and if someone approaches you and asked that "Is this your
first time in Europe?" respond with "No, we visit often and we love here
very much!" This is because sometimes the stranger's request is probably
genuine, but there's no need to publicize your vulnerability.
Last
by not least, choose your accommodations
carefully. Choose a place to stay when you are travelling to other places
with a national hotel chain with a good safety record to ensure your own
safety. There are some hotels offered women-only floors and girls especially
travelling alone or with girlfriends, this is the best choice to choose.
Besides, when booking for a room, ask for a room above the ground floor, close to
the elevator, and away from emergency exits and stairwells.
As
a conclusion, tips to stay safe when travelling are very important for everyone.
Therefore, we must have the knowledge regarding our own personal safety
knowledge so that we can prevent the crime case happened towards us and even
there’s a crisis happened we will keep calm and would not be so panic when
facing the bad situation.
Sources:
By
Cheyenn Diong Jing Ru
Students of Bachelor In Public Relations (Honours)Faculty Social Science, Arts and Humanities
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College