The graph below shows the percentages of tourists who used different types of transport to travel within a particular nation between 1989 and 2009. Each tourist may have used more than one type of transport. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart illustrates the proportion of

tourists

using five different types of transport to

travel

around

a

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show examples

mentioned nation from 1989 to 2009. It is noticeable that

tourists

may have used more than one kind of transport.

Overall

, it could be seen that there were upward trends in the

percentage

of all forms of transportation, except for air

travel

.

While

tourists

travelling by car contributed the highest

percentage

, the opposite was true that of

tourists

using ferries.

To begin

with, there were around 50% of

people

travelling by car in the first year of the period,

then

reached a peak at the level of 60% in 1999, which was the highest

percentage

through the period.

However

,

this

proportion sharply declined by roughly 10% and ended with the second rank after the

percentage

of

people

using the railway.

Although

the portion of

tourists

that travelled by rail within the country was over 30%, under that of

people

travelling by airline,

this

percentage

soared to nearly 60% after 20 years. Looking at the rest, the use of coach and ferry shared similar trends.

While

the former witnessed an increase from 10% to under 30%, the latter went up to over 10%,

then

slightly decreased to under 10% in 2009. The only transportation

people

used to

travel

within a nation experiencing a downward trend was air

travel

, from 40% to nearly 20%.