Survey Zone - results

Note: Question 6 is not displayed as no answer was received for it
A fuller understanding of the country and its culture (A1)	12	70.59%
A cheap and colourful holiday, not more (A2)	2	11.76%
Neither of these options (A3)	3	17.65%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	0	0.00%

Note: Question 6 is not displayed as no answer was received for it

Question 01

What do you expect from a visit to India?

Answer

Count

Percentage

A fuller understanding of the country and its culture (A1)

70.59%

A cheap and colourful holiday, not more (A2)

11.76%

Neither of these options (A3)

17.65%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

0.00%

Question 02
Eating Indian food at a cafe/ stall catering to locals (SQ001)	8	47.06%
Exploring ruins of older civilisations (SQ002)	4	23.53%
Seeing temples, mosques or churches (SQ003)	4	23.53%
Taking basic transport (buses, taxis, rickshaws) around the city (SQ004)	7	41.18%
Staying in a Raj-era or heritage hotel (SQ005)	1	5.88%
Taking part in a safari or drive through a wildlife reserve (SQ006)	1	5.88%
Learning a little about the lives of the urban poor (SQ007)	2	11.76%
Chatting to middle-class people in cities about their lives (SQ008)	7	41.18%
Watching a Bollywood movie in a cinema (SQ009)	1	5.88%
Spending some time on a movie set (SQ010)	0	0.00%
Learning yoga, dance, cookery or a local language (SQ011)	0	0.00%
Attending a classical music concert (SQ012)	0	0.00%
Playing games with Indian children/young people (SQ013)	3	17.65%
Doing some voluntary work teaching, or in a centre for the homeless or sick (SQ014)	1	5.88%
Laughing at yourself for feeling frustrated over something you can't control (SQ015)	2	11.76%
Enduring an overnight journey on a train or bus (SQ016)	2	11.76%
Navigating crowded, back lanes in Old Delhi or Kolkata as the only foreigner (SQ017)	5	29.41%
Bargaining for food necessities in the market (SQ018)	4	23.53%
Battling monsoonal wetness, summer heat or mountain chills (SQ019)	2	11.76%
Trekking for a day or more in northern mountains (SQ020)	2	11.76%
Meditating and finding inner peace (SQ021)	0	0.00%
Riding an elephant or camel (SQ022)	0	0.00%

Question 02

Choose the elements of a visit you believe will create the fullest experience of the country

Answer

Count

Percentage

Eating Indian food at a cafe/ stall catering to locals (SQ001)

47.06%

Exploring ruins of older civilisations (SQ002)

23.53%

Seeing temples, mosques or churches (SQ003)

23.53%

Taking basic transport (buses, taxis, rickshaws) around the city (SQ004)

41.18%

Staying in a Raj-era or heritage hotel (SQ005)

5.88%

Taking part in a safari or drive through a wildlife reserve (SQ006)

5.88%

Learning a little about the lives of the urban poor (SQ007)

11.76%

Chatting to middle-class people in cities about their lives (SQ008)

41.18%

Watching a Bollywood movie in a cinema (SQ009)

5.88%

Spending some time on a movie set (SQ010)

0.00%

Learning yoga, dance, cookery or a local language (SQ011)

0.00%

Attending a classical music concert (SQ012)

0.00%

Playing games with Indian children/young people (SQ013)

17.65%

Doing some voluntary work teaching, or in a centre for the homeless or sick (SQ014)

5.88%

Laughing at yourself for feeling frustrated over something you can't control (SQ015)

11.76%

Enduring an overnight journey on a train or bus (SQ016)

11.76%

Navigating crowded, back lanes in Old Delhi or Kolkata as the only foreigner (SQ017)

29.41%

Bargaining for food necessities in the market (SQ018)

23.53%

Battling monsoonal wetness, summer heat or mountain chills (SQ019)

11.76%

Trekking for a day or more in northern mountains (SQ020)

11.76%

Meditating and finding inner peace (SQ021)

0.00%

Riding an elephant or camel (SQ022)

0.00%

Question 03
I live part of the year in India (A1)	0	0.00%
I am a journalist (A2)	0	0.00%
I visit for business (A3)	0	0.00%
I am married to an Indian citizen (A4)	0	0.00%
I am a resident (A5)	0	0.00%
other (A6)	3	17.65%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	14	82.35%

two comments received for "other" [A6]
Click here to read 1. FREE TIME. 2. I spend 6mths a yr in India. Hard to articulate the feeling of freedom.

Question 03

What is the purpose of your trip to India (please choose the closest, or 'other' with a comment)?

Answer

Count

Percentage

I live part of the year in India (A1)

0.00%

I am a journalist (A2)

0.00%

I visit for business (A3)

0.00%

I am married to an Indian citizen (A4)

0.00%

I am a resident (A5)

0.00%

other (A6)

17.65%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

82.35%

two comments received for "other" [A6]

Click here to read

1. FREE TIME.

2. I spend 6mths a yr in India. Hard to articulate the feeling of freedom.

Question 04
I'm only interested in meeting foreigners (SQ001)	0	0.00%
I go to escape the winter at home (SQ002)	1	5.88%
I don't have much money; India's cheap (SQ003)	1	5.88%
Temples and culture - that's for oldies (SQ004)	0	0.00%
The booze and dope cost less than at home (SQ005)	1	5.88%
When I reach India, I'll be tired of tramping around temples and stuff (SQ006)	0	0.00%
I did all the "culture" bit when I first went (SQ007)	0	0.00%
I'll look at one or two places, but I'm not especially interested (SQ008)	0	0.00%

Question 04

Can you be more specific when you say that a "cheap and colourful holiday, not more" is what you want?

Answer

Count

Percentage

I'm only interested in meeting foreigners (SQ001)

0.00%

I go to escape the winter at home (SQ002)

5.88%

I don't have much money; India's cheap (SQ003)

5.88%

Temples and culture - that's for oldies (SQ004)

0.00%

The booze and dope cost less than at home (SQ005)

5.88%

When I reach India, I'll be tired of tramping around temples and stuff (SQ006)

0.00%

I did all the "culture" bit when I first went (SQ007)

0.00%

I'll look at one or two places, but I'm not especially interested (SQ008)

0.00%

Question 05
Yes, I think it's about traditional ways of life, the modest and the local (A1)	3	17.65%
Yes, but I think it's about everything you can find in modern India (A2)	10	58.82%
No, there is no such thing today (A3)	0	0.00%
I'm not sure (A5)	3	17.65%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 05

Do you believe there is such a place as the Real India?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Yes, I think it's about traditional ways of life, the modest and the local (A1)

17.65%

Yes, but I think it's about everything you can find in modern India (A2)

58.82%

No, there is no such thing today (A3)

0.00%

I'm not sure (A5)

17.65%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 07
I mostly photograph traditional scenes and people wearing non-Western clothes (A1)	5	29.41%
I mostly photograph modern scenes with people wearing Western clothes (A2)	1	5.88%
I take a mixture of photographs (A3)	10	58.82%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 07

What photographs do you tend to take on your trips?

Answer

Count

Percentage

I mostly photograph traditional scenes and people wearing non-Western clothes (A1)

29.41%

I mostly photograph modern scenes with people wearing Western clothes (A2)

5.88%

I take a mixture of photographs (A3)

58.82%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 08
Almost never (A1)	6	35.29%
Sometimes (A2)	7	41.18%
Often (A3)	2	11.76%
Practically always (A4)	1	5.88%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 08

When framing a photograph, do you consciously eliminate aspects of the new (satellite dishes, men in Western suits, modern shopfronts) to create the composition you think is appropriate?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Almost never (A1)

35.29%

Sometimes (A2)

41.18%

Often (A3)

11.76%

Practically always (A4)

5.88%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 09
More attracted (A1)	0	0.00%
Less attracted (A2)	11	64.71%
The appeal of India wouldn't change (A3)	3	17.65%
Can't say, it hasn't happened (A4)	2	11.76%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 09

Would you be more or less attracted if India were presented like Dubai in tourist brochures: that is, with an emphasis on very large, modern buildings and shopping malls?

Answer

Count

Percentage

More attracted (A1)

0.00%

Less attracted (A2)

64.71%

The appeal of India wouldn't change (A3)

17.65%

Can't say, it hasn't happened (A4)

11.76%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 10
It wouldn't bother me, India's got to modernise and some things are bound to go (A1)	2	11.76%
It's sure to happen and I'd feel the loss, but other attractions will endure (A2)	3	17.65%
I would feel that something unique to the Indian identity had gone forever (A3)	9	52.94%
Can't say, it hasn't happened (A4)	2	11.76%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 10

How would you feel if traditional sights (bullock carts, rickshaws, chai wallahs on trains, men wearing lunghis and salwar pajama in the street, etc) disappeared from India?

Answer

Count

Percentage

It wouldn't bother me, India's got to modernise and some things are bound to go (A1)

11.76%

It's sure to happen and I'd feel the loss, but other attractions will endure (A2)

17.65%

I would feel that something unique to the Indian identity had gone forever (A3)

52.94%

Can't say, it hasn't happened (A4)

11.76%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 11
Agree (A1)	11	64.71%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	5	29.41%
Disagree (A3)	0	0.00%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 11

Travel in India is best when some of it is outside the visitor's usual comfort zone.

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

64.71%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

29.41%

Disagree (A3)

0.00%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 12
Agree (A1)	12	70.59%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	1	5.88%
Disagree (A3)	3	17.65%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 12

Staying in a comfortable hotel, everything available on room service and never needing to venture into
rougher areas of town, blunts your comprehension of the lives of people who make up the largest portion of India.

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

70.59%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

5.88%

Disagree (A3)

17.65%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 13
Agree (A1)	11	64.71%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	2	11.76%
Disagree (A3)	3	17.65%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 13

The element of the unexpected influencing travel plans (either for the worse or the better) makes moving around in India more exciting than in a developed country.

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

64.71%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

11.76%

Disagree (A3)

17.65%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 14
Agree (A1)	7	41.18%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	3	17.65%
Disagree (A3)	6	35.29%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 14

Alternating inexpensive, basic travel and accomodation with more expensive, luxury options gives a fuller understanding of modern India's contradictions.

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

41.18%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

17.65%

Disagree (A3)

35.29%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 15
Agree (A1)	13	76.47%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	1	5.88%
Disagree (A3)	1	5.88%
No answer	1	5.88%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 15

Remaining longer in a few locations gives more chance to interact with India than a packed, two-week tour of ten destinations.

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

76.47%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

5.88%

Disagree (A3)

5.88%

No answer

5.88%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 16
Agree (A1)	12	70.59%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	3	17.65%
Disagree (A3)	0	0.00%
No answer	1	5.88%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 16

Visiting a city - yet one 'off the beaten track' - is more enriching than being in a heavily touristed, small town (for example, Pushkar).

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

70.59%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

17.65%

Disagree (A3)

0.00%

No answer

5.88%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 17
Agree (A1)	7	41.18%
Not sure, no answer (A2)	4	23.53%
Disagree (A3)	5	29.41%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	1	5.88%

Question 17

You have to get to know an Indian family or at least attend a festival with an Indian person genuinely to claim you have 'seen' Indian life

Answer

Count

Percentage

Agree (A1)

41.18%

Not sure, no answer (A2)

23.53%

Disagree (A3)

29.41%

No answer

0.00%

Not completed or Not displayed

5.88%

Question 18
Click here to read 1. Real India isn't on the tourist map there aren't any sites of particular interest either. real India is no different than any other country, it's got all the usual characteristics including alcoholism drug abuse child abuse sexual abuse and inter communal tensions and all the stuff high end and low budget tourists and travelers DON'T see. Heritage hotels bullock carts and shoe less people don't make real India Indians make real India. 2. thank-you for allowing me to take the survey. i look forward to reading the results when you close the survey. cheers z. 3. Poverty exists everywhere,something like 50mil people go to sleep hungry in USA, India's poverty will/can only be addressed by the wealthy in India-the top 2 billionaires in India are richer than the top 38 Chinese billionaires,not one phase is paid in tax by Bollywood etc etc,i feel for the destitute Indian but not guilty.	3	17.65%
No answer	12	70.59%
Not completed or Not displayed	2	11.76%

Question 18

Finally, consider how lucky we are to be able to use a computer and read this, to eat three meals a day, to
have shoes and live in a proper house. According to a 2007 government study, (external link) over 800
million Indians don't have even basic 'luxuries' like these. If you have any comments, please add them here...

Count

Percentage

Click here to read

1. Real India isn't on the tourist map there aren't any sites of particular interest either. real India is no different than any other country, it's got all the usual characteristics including alcoholism drug abuse child abuse sexual abuse and inter communal tensions and all the stuff high end and low budget tourists and travelers DON'T see. Heritage hotels bullock carts and shoe less people don't make real India Indians make real India.

2. thank-you for allowing me to take the survey. i look forward to reading the results when you close the survey. cheers z.

3. Poverty exists everywhere,something like 50mil people go to sleep hungry in USA, India's poverty will/can only be addressed by the wealthy in India-the top 2 billionaires in India are richer than the top 38 Chinese billionaires,not one phase is paid in tax by Bollywood etc etc,i feel for the destitute Indian but not guilty.

17.65%

No answer

70.59%

Not completed or Not displayed

11.76%

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