I'm looking at travel in the future, but when I look up traveling tips online, they always mention thieves and scammers targeting tourists.
I'm sure most people come back home ok after traveling and they manage to come home safe, but there's a part of me that can't stop worrying about my safety and what might happen to me. Is it normal to be worried? I can't remember going to any European country in the past and I would want to enjoy my time there but now I'm not sure if it's even worth going.
It would be great to visit new places and see new things, but if I'm constantly worried about what's going to happen to me, I might as well not go and stay somewhere "local" (not leaving the country).
What do you guys think? Do you have any advice for traveling to any European country?
From what I read online (I know there can be fake stories and rumors based on no evidence) people think the police don't do anything about pickpockets and scam artists. That's where I started to have so many concerns.