The line chart compares the proportion of tourists who used five different modes of transport in a particular nation between 1989 and 2009.
Overall, it is clear that four per five types of transport increased over the period, except for air traveling. Although car was initially the most popular mode of transport, rail overtook it and became the leading category by 2009.
In 1989, the figure for car was the highest among the five modes of transport, starting at approximately 49%, followed by Air and Rail, with the respectively figures were around 39% and 33%. Over the following year, car traveling rose gradually and reached a peak of over 60% in 1999, before declining to about 51% at the end of the period. The proportion of rail usage rose significantly towards the end and overtook that for car between 2004 and 2009, standing at nearly 60%, by contrast, the corresponding for traveling by air decreased steadily over two decades to around 21% by 2009.
Turning to the remaining categories, the figure for coach usage was around 9% in 1989. It then increased gradually to around 15% in 1999 before rising noticeably to around 26% at the end of the period, while the corresponding figure for usage of ferry was the lowest in 1989, at only about 3%. After increasing to over 10% from 1989 to 2004, it decreased slightly to approximately 9% in 2009.