Analysing Statistics

Australia and New Zealand

4 Worksheet on Analysing Statistics ‐

Answer Key
Text: "Fans flock to New Zealand's Tolkien trail", from: Martin Arndt/Karl Sassenberg,
Australia and New Zealand, Viewfinder Topics (München: Langenscheidt, 2010), pp. 63f.

QUESTIONS AND TASKS

Task 1: Examine the figures in the table and find out:

a) Which tourists spend most money in New Zealand?

The Chinese. On average each Chinese visitor in 2009 spent NZ$ 2814.

b) Which country spends least money in each category?

Food/ Meals Japan

Sightseeing/Attractions Australia

Gifts/ Souvenirs Australia

Other Shopping Australia

c) How do the Germans rank in each category?

Food/Meals third

Sightseeing/Attractions second

Gifts/Souvenirs fourth

Other Shopping fifth

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d) How do the Japanese differ from all the other visitors?

They are the only ones who spend less money on food that on gifts, souvenirs and other
shopping items.

e) Calculate how much money each country spends and show how they rank.

On the average the

1. Chinese spend NZ$ 2,814
2. British spend NZ$ 2,083.
3. Japanese spend NZ$ 1,611.
4. Germans spend NZ$ 1.578.
5. US‐Americans spend NZ$ 1,463.
6. Australians spend NZ$ 1,141.

Task 2: You can see at first glance that there are two line graphs which show an
especially interesting development. Which are they and what do they show?

The graphs showing the development of Chinese and Japanese tourist numbers are
most interesting. Between 2003 and 2007 the number of Chinese people coming to
New Zealand grew steadily until it had almost doubled. Japanese numbers on the
other hand plunged by almost 60,000 from 2004 – 2008.

Task 3: Complete the following sentences.

Look at diagram 2.

a) From 2003 to 2008 the number of German tourists remained steady/did not
change much.

b) From 2003 to 2004 the number of Japanese visitors increased slightly but then it
dropped steadily until it reached a bottom in 2008.
c) The number of British tourists reached its peak in 2005.

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d) Between 2003 and 2007 the number of Chinese tourist almost doubled.

Task 4: Look at diagrams E, F and G. For each diagram answer the following questions.
¾ What is the diagram about?
¾ What is the most obvious statement?
¾ What does the diagram show in detail?
¾ Are there any conclusions or messages?

Diagram E: The bar chart shows the number of tourists who came to New Zealand in 2009.
Obviously Australian visitors are the largest market for arrivals followed by
those from Great Britain and the United States. There were still more than
100,000 visitors from China and Japan but only 62,000 from Germany.
Concerning the economic value of visitors Australia seems to be the most
important market whereas Germany is of only little importance.

Diagram F: The diagram shows how long visitors from different countries stayed in New
Zealand on the average. The Germans stayed longest followed by British and
American tourists. They stayed four times as long as Australians whose trips
were the shortest ones. There seems to be a correspondence between the
length of stay and the length of distance between New Zealand and the
tourists’ respective home countries.

Diagram G: The diagram shows how much money the visitors from these countries spent
on their trips to New Zealand in 2009. It is clear from the chart that
Australians spent most and Germans least money during that year. Most of
the figures correspond with the number of visitor arrivals. Only the amount
spent by Chinese and Japanese tourists does not match this pattern. A look at
diagram 6 reveals that this is due to the difference in their length of stay.

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Task 5: The Minister of Tourism wants to know more about the individual visitor.
a) How much money does the average visitor spend on his trip in New Zealand?
You can find this out if you relate the data from diagram 7 to those of diagram 5.

AUS GBR USA CHN JPN GER

Average sum spent per
visitor (NZ$) 1,537 3,122 3,441 2,998 4,450 4,334

b) How much money do all the visitors from one country spend per day?
You can find this out if you relate your new data to those of diagram 6.

AUS GBR USA CHN JPN GER

Average sum spent per day
(NZ$) 135 105 176 191 209 95

c) With the help of Microsoft Excel you can develop a bar chart which illustrates
how much a visitor spends per day, e. g.:

Average sum spent per visitor per day

250
209
191
200 176
Expenditure (NZD)

150 135
105
95
100

50

0
AUS GBR USA CHN JPN GER
Country

(Karl Sassenberg)

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