Steve Schwarzbach has attended every World Cup event since 2006.
He had no apprehensions about attending the games in countries such as South Africa and Brazil which can have a reputation — fairly or not — of being dangerous for tourists. Given the scale of the international event, he trusted that local police would protect World Cup visitors like himself.
“In South Africa and Brazil, I felt very safe because they had so many police, army and security that I didn’t have any fears of going out,” Schwarzbach tells CNN Travel.
