new delhi did you know that the kumbhalgarh fort boasts of the secondlongest continuous wall in the world after the great wall of china and that it is in rajasthan if you did not dont hold your breath almost 35 indians asked this question in a survey conducted by a private company did not know either pointing not only to the challenges but also the potential areas for the governments effort to promote domestic tourismand though the government has been running campaigns like as incredible india and the prime minister himself promoted the dekho apna desh initiative of the tourism ministry to promote inland tourism there still appears to be a long way to gosample this almost 60 people of over 4000 people surveyed across 16 cities as part of the india quotient survey by mahindra holidays said they do not know enough about indian culture history cuisines and geographymore than half did not know that aipan is the signature folk art of uttarakhand and 39 did not know khajuraho festival is celebrated in madhya pradesh nearly 32 people also did not know that paithani is the local weave of maharashtrathe lack of insights into our country spreads to its geographical diversity and vastness too for instance fewer than 40 people were aware that gujarats gir forest is the only natural habitat of the asiatic lions or that udaipur is also known as the city of lakesthough the survey points to a surprising lack of know how of indian history culture and traditions what is heartening to note is that an overwhelmingly large number of people also appear keen to make up for the travel time they lost owing to covid19 and at least one in every five respondents wants to turn into an adventurer putting to test both endurance and adrenalineaspiring tourists also seem ready to undertake corrective measures to fill up their knowledge gaps with over a fifth wanting to don the mantel of modern pilgrims putting religious and sacred sites on their todo lists this lot is joined by those who call themselves the culture vultures keen on familiarising themselves with the history and culture of every place they indian location they visit this yearthe history buffs and the aspiring pilgrims aside the bulk of aspiring indian tourists want to travel more only to bond with their families and make up for the time they lost during the pandemic