Band 7+: The chart below shows various transport tourists used within New Zealand in 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart illustrates different vehicles used by tourists from 5 countries in New Zealand in 2004

Overall, it can be clearly seen that the most used type of transport was coach. Ferries, on the contrary, were the least popular among all the visitors.

In terms of coaches, they accounted for the highest proportion of usages of 50% or more from all the tourists, except the Japanese and Korean ones with around 48% and approximately 35% respectively. In comparison, air transport was mostly used by visitors from Asia, accounting for about 52% from Japanese and roughly 42% from Koreans. Meanwhile, other tourists made up just over 40%, whereas Australians only 35%.

As for remaining transports, cars allocated for the highest percentage among Koreans with roughly 48%. The figure for Germans was just around 35%, and for British a little less than 30%, whereas for tourists from Japan and Australia 22% and 20% respectively. Regarding ferries, they accounted for the identical of exactly 20% from Europeans, and less than 10% for Asians. Australian visitors, however, made up just over 10%.