The provided bar chart delineates the proportion of overseas tourists from five different nations who utilized four types of transport during their travel in Zealand in 2004.
Overall, it is evident that coaches and air travel were the predominant modes of transportation for the majority of visitors, with the exception of Korean travelers, who favored car travel. Conversely, ferries remained consistently the least preferred option across all five nationalities.
Regarding visitors from Britain, Germany and Australia, coaches were overwhelming the most popular choice of travel. Nearly 58% of British tourist used coaches, followed by German (roughly 54%) and Australian (50%). Air travel ranked the second most common choice for these three groups, accounting for around 42% of Britain, about 43% of German and nearly 25% of Australians. Meanwhile, car travels were chosen by approximately 25% to 35% of visitors from these three countries, while ferry usage was the lowest, standing at 20% for both Britain and German and merely 12% for Australian.
Turning to Asian tourists, Japanese travelers demonstrated a strong preference for air travel, which topped their list at approximately 52%, closely followed by coaches at around 48%. In stark contrast, car travel was used by only 22% of Japanese tourists. For Korean tourist, car represented the primary mode of transport at around 47%, surpassing air travel (42%) and coaches (35%). Finally, ferries recorded the lowest figures for both Asian groups, at roughly 8% for Japanese and 6% for Korean travelers.