The Safest and Best Cities for Solo Female Travelers Ranked in 2023

Searches for 'solo female travel' are up by 99% compared to last year. 84% of solo travelers are emerging as females, according to researchers at Condor Ferries.

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72% of American female travelers who took the survey went on a solo vacation. 59% of the surveyed solo female travelers suggested they would travel alone again in the next 12 months.

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Dubai in the UAE has topped the list as the best city for solo female travelers.Dubai scored 8.12 out of 10 on the overall ranking, with a perfect score of 10 out of 10 for "feeling safe walking alone at night."

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South Africa's Johannesburg and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia were placed at the bottom of the list as the two least safe cities.

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Also considered the romance capital, Paris, France, ranked third most unsafe on the list with an overall score of 3.62 out of 10.

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Malaysia, Russia, and Indonesia are the three countries with the lowest equality scores.

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Madrid in Spain, ranked second on the list with an overall score of 7.79 and the most affordable city is Jaipur, India standing at the 12th spot in overall scores.

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Thailand's Chiang Mai city was ranked third with an overall score of 7.5, an evident increase from last year's ranking.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, had the biggest leap in rankings, moving from 60th to 24th while New York City ranked second for tourism with an overall score of 9.71.

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