The line chart illustrates the proportion of means of transport used in New Zealand by different tourist nations in 2004.
Overall, except for Japanese and Korean people, the coach was the most popular means of transport in the other nations. In addition, the least common means of transportation in all nations was the ferry.
In Britain, the use of coaches for transportation was higher than in other nations at around 58%, which was about 4% and 8% higher than in Germany and Australia. This was followed by air travel, which was the second most common mode of transportation among these nations at 40% in Britain and Germany, and 25% among Australian travelers. Moreover, the use of cars and ferries was the least common, especially among Australian tourists; this was around 30% for cars in Britain and Germany, and 20% for ferries, while Australian tourists used cars and ferries at 20% and 10%, respectively.
Among Japanese and Korean tourists, air travel was the most popular way to visit New Zealand at 53%; this was only fractionally more than using a coach at 48%. In contrast, the use of cars was twice as high as ferries in this nation at 20%. While Koreans were the only nation to use cars more than other modes of transport, at 48%. Air and coach were the second and third most popular among these people at 42% and 35%, respectively. The use of ferries was the least among this nation.