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 provided line graph delineates the proportion of visitors using diverse ranges of vehicles in a specific nation from 1989 to 2009. From an

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perspective, most transportation experienced an upward pattern in the ratio, the opposite was true for aircraft. It was noticed that rail had the highest rate

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of the timescale despite being below car and air. Taking a closer look at the percentage of car transport which commenced with a high of below 50% before significantly rising up to 62% in 1999.

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was followed by a sharp decrease to around 51% over the next 10 years. Meanwhile, in the first recorded data, rail indicated about 34%

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figure slightly increased to just below 39% before quadrupling to nearly 60% until the end, making

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proportion the highest compared to the total.

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, air transport saw a steady drop from 38% in 1989 to only 21% in 2009. Turning to the remaining statistics,

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ferries began with the lowest proportion of only 4% before fluctuating upward path in 2004 and decreasing back to just below 9%

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of the period.

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, coaches witnessed a stable increase from 9% at the beginning to roughly 26% in 2009.