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Travel
throughout Cuba is devoid of the familiar street
dangers encountered in other countries. Travelers and
Cubans alike walk through streets day and night
without having to pay much concern to delinquency.
Purse snatching and mugging are not unknown but are
rare in the extreme and no problem for anyone with
minimal street smarts. In major cities a friendly
police officer is fairly quick to find, and in tourist
areas they are on every corner.
Care
against pickpockets should be taken in crowded places
like public buses, discos, bars and theaters. Still,
few travelers to Cuba experience more than the
nuisance of an occasional peddler of Cuban artifacts
or a young hustler wanting to be your guide.
In
sum, Cuba is extremely safe by any world standards,
and the average visitor has no reason to worry about
personal safety in the streets, hotels, beaches and
practically any other place he or she would visit.
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