The bar chart illustrates the trend in the amount of tourists visiting New Zealand in 1999 and 2009, categorizing by three nations. Meanwhile, the graph gives information about how tourists spent their holidays from 1999 to 2009.
Overall, the total amount of tourists to New Zealand increased significantly after the decade, with Japanese being the outliner. In contrast, tourists who staying at resorts presented an opposite trend compared to those who prefer backpacking.
Looking at the information in more detail, a noticeable growth can be observed in the figures of tourists from the UK and the US to New Zealand. The former group commenced at 1 million in 1999, then surging to 1.6 million after 10 years, while the figures in latter were more prominent, almost doubling from 8 million in 1999 to 1.5 million in 2009. On the contrary, the number of Japanese tourists to New Zealand underwent a moderate decline, slightly dropping from 1.5 million to about 1.1 million by 2009.
Consistent with the data in the first chart, the two statistics exhibited apparent dinstinctions. The amount of tourists spent their vacations with two lifestyles followed a steady ascent, before the occurence of the turing point. Since 2004, fewer tourists prefered staying at resorts, with the figure from 2.4 million plunging to nearly 1 million. Instead, more tourists favored backpacking, with the figure moderately ascending to 1 million.