How bad is personal safety for a tourist in rio de janeiro?

Question

How bad is personal safety for a tourist in rio de janeiro?

Answer 1

Okay, first of all, people exadurate the violance in so much Rio that is not even funny.

Look, I'm born in Rio. Since kid used to walk to school by myself (with my backpack, watch, nice clothes and all) and nothing ever happended to me.

I'm living in Florida for 8 years and I know tons of americans that had visited Brazil and they were glad they did. Nothing ever happended to them, besides having lots of fun and hanging out with great people (see, brazilian are very friendly and they welcome people into their hearts).

My best friend Robson met his wife in Brazil. She went to Rio to visit and she said she never wantet to come back. They got married and now they can spend couple years here and there, and thats what they do.

Places and people are pretty much the same in the whole world. You must know where are you going and who to trust.

Like everywhere in every contry of the world, there are bad and good areas... places that you should and should not go.

I'm sure if you are going with someone that knows the area it would help. If not, the only advice is... don't just "try" and "think" that you know were are you going, because just like anybody elese in a different country could end up getting lost and get to places that you shouldn't go.

My advice, GOOO! It's beautiful, people are verryyyyy nice... food is amazing.... and h**l, don't be scared. Do you think I'm scared to go to Miami even thought is very dirty and crazy? with poor people sleeping in every side walk you see? That will beg you for money at the light? No, I go there every once in a while. Watch some NBA game or even hangout in Bayside!!!

Just like here, don't take a bunch of stuff that you don't need out in the street with you. Some type of ID.. or even copies.

Beer is like $50 cents (us dollar) .. haha... food about $10, 15 ( us dollar) for a loooottttt offf food!

The beach, beautiful and amazing.. FREE! =)

If there is anything else you need to know, let me know. My bro lives there and works for the government with tourism and I can get some more tips for ya.

Good luck and have fun.

RioGuy.

Answer 2

Being a Brazilian person I can tell you that RJ is not a very safe area however that doesn't mean you can't go (media play a lot to make this city look so unsafe).

You should just be careful when walking on the street, try not to wear any or much jewelry like fancy watch for example. Also be careful with your camera. Take your photos and always keep away on your bag... At night take taxis everywhere. When sunbathing on the beach, don't leave your belonging alone on the beach.... If you take these precautions, you should be fine.

And enjoy RJ because it is one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in the world...

Answer 3

i think rio de janeiro is quite a nice place,being situated in brazil which is IMO one of the best countries in the world.

good beaches.better girls.best futbol.

although many films were made with rio de janeiro as there setting and the plot is getting hostaged by native people (i.e. Turistas),i think,as far as personal safaety is concerned,you have nothing to worry about

~^-^~

Answer 4

Depends on where you go.  

My buddy and I went to Rio last April.  Cococabana, the famous beach has a main road that goes along the beach.

There are several streets that run perpendicular to the beach drive.  We stayed at a hotel down one of those streets about four blocks from the beach.  

We walked along it, to and fro everyday for two weeks. We walked all along the commercial district going into shops and laundries and such both day and night and we never had one problem.

But there are areas of Rio that even the taxi drivers wouldn't go and we certainly would walk them alone or at night.

It is just like any major city in the world.  If you know where you are and where you should not walk, you will be fine.

I would add to that, that we are two 6 ft. guys and we look as though we can handle any situation.  Not speaking the language was the biggest problem. And in my opinion their language is Brazil's biggest problem. Nobody else speaks

it, except Portugal.

Also, I carried a small canister of tear gas spray in my pocket and had my hand on it if I thought we might be followed, but we never were.

Just be aware, ask questions and you will have a great time.

We took a day tour of the city the first day we were there and we got to see a lot of the sights the first day and we also got to learn where we could walk and where we shouldn't walk.