Might tourists be more careful than locals?
Familiarity reduces fear and sometimes reduces caution too.
Yes. Tourists often behave more cautiously because unfamiliar environments naturally increase attention and awareness.
Locals know the city.
Tourists do not.
Common sense suggests locals should therefore be safer.
The hidden mechanism is familiarity bias. People pay less attention to risks they encounter every day because routine creates confidence.
Tourists, meanwhile, notice traffic, signs, crowds, and surroundings more carefully.
People often think experience automatically increases safety.
Sometimes experience quietly teaches us to stop looking.
