The bar chart compares the utilization of four types of transports in New Zealand among tourists from five different countries in 2004.
Overall, the usage of air transport and coach was higher than other types of transports among all tourists, including Australians where the most tourists relied on coach. However, car and ferry were the least preferred means of transports, only Koreans whose figure for car was the highest from others.
The patterns of transport usage in European tourists from Britain and Germany were almost similar, in which British people used coach peaking at nearly 60% and Germans above 50%. Conversely, the figure for cars among German tourists was higher than British, which showed around 35%, whereas this was below 30% for Britain. The proportion of air transport and ferry among Europeans were almost similar, over 40% and 20% relevantly.
In case of Asian tourists, they preferred air transport rather than coach. Noticeably, the highest figure for air transport can be seen in Japanese people that registered over 50%, and just over 40% of Koreans used this transportation mode. The figure for coach usage by Japanese indicated nearly 50%, while among Koreans it was approximately 35%. Koreans were the tourists who used car service more than other tourists, reaching just below 50%. Ferry remained the least used transport by Asians, at under 10%.
In contrast, Australian tourists stood out by the usage proportion of transport mode. The amount of tourists who used coach was significantly high, accounting for 50%. Air transport took the second place and accounted for around 25%. A small proportion of Australians chose car and ferry for their travel, demonstrating 20% and above 10%.