Band 6+: Task 1: The chart below shows the numbers of three types of visitors to a museum between 1997 and 2012. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given chart illustrates the number of three types of visitors to a museum, namely adult visitors, visitors aged under 15, and special exhibition visitors from 1997 to 2012.

Overall, it is obvious that most visitors came to the museum at the mentioned period were adults, whereas the opposite was true for special exhibition visitors. Notably, visitors aged under 15 displayed a decrease, and special exhibition visitors increased throughout the period.

In 1997, 300,100 individuals came to a museum were adult visitors. This figure witnessed a minor increase in the following five years, at 302,200 people. Likewise, starting at 28,000 individuals, special exhibition visitors increased minimally in 2002, reaching 29,200. Conversely, a decrease can be observed for visitors aged under 15, from 120,000 to 110,000 visitors.

In the next five years, a considerable increase was recorded for adults visitors, peaking at 400,500 prior to decreasing in the final year, at 380,000 people. For visitors aged under 15, since 1997, this figured showed a constant decrease, accounting for the lowest point in 2012, at 82,300 people. An opposite figure can be applied to special exhibition visitors, which peaked at 42,000 individuals at the final year.