Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Indians most likely to get lost abroad!

I found this interesting study on Indians getting lost and how people in different cities cite different reasons for it.The first point is worth contemplating for all Indians!

Indians, along with Brazilians, are most likely to get "completely lost" abroad, a fascinating survey by Nokia in 13 countries on people's sense of direction and navigational habits, has found.

Other interesting India specific findings include:

Indians most likely to miss a birth of their child

New Delhi is among the easiest city across the world for tourists to navigate around

Indians love of shopping seems to help them with their sense of direction. More than one in ten use local shops as a point of reference to help guide others to their destination

One in ten Indians confessed to missing a wedding because they got lost more than double the global average

Indians are the most trusting when giving directions, with less than a quarter (23%) admitting to deliberately sending strangers the wrong way

One in ten (10%) people who live in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune will miss a job interview

People living in Mumbai are the "most stubborn" in India, with one in ten (10%) never asking directions from a stranger

Homely residents in Delhi and Ahmedabad are the least likely to get lost when in their own city (2%)

A third (30%) of residents in Kolkata blame tiredness as the cause for getting lost

Residents in Chennai get lost the most when at home (11%)

In Bengaluru, people prefer to put faith in nature, as nearly one in ten (7%)guide themselves by the stars

In Hyderabad, nearly one in ten (8 %), double the national average, believe in science and think that a sense of direction was genetic

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