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One friend of mine was in the United States for summer holiday. He met there a man who wanted to come to Slovakia to visit him. American asked my friend how to get to his city from  the airport in Bratislava.
He wanted to know whether we have ways for cars here!!! He also started to explain what a microwave, computer etc is (my friend is a student of software engineering). This is how some people from far countries see the Europe.
I wanted to travel to south-east Asia, my mother was shocked and tried to do whatever to prevent me going there. She was so scared that "those strangers" will kidnap or assault me. Other friends who were there told me that it is actually one of the most safe parts of the world... This is how people from Europe see far countries.
I was talking with other friend about going to Albania. She told me that
it is dangerous there, she was talking about the war which was there (what
war???) - her mother told her about it.
I still wonder how scared people are of things which they simply don't
know. It actually prevents them from knowing new, great, different and
even more interesting people and countries. This raises their fear
even more and suddenly there are wars... just because people are too
scared to get to know the others...
I was curious so I checked criminality statistics. What a surprise:

United States 7.50
France  1.75
Slovakia 0.46
India  0.22
Albania  0.16

Numbers mean count of assaults per 1000 people (lower number means safer
country). Source: United Nations Survey on Crime Trends.

So, will that American guy go to Slovakia? Probably yes because he
already knows my friend.
Will I go to Asia? I don't know anybody there, that's why I want to go
there!
Will you go to Albania? ...

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