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

The bar chart illustrates differences between the three types of visitors to a museum from 1997 to 2012.

In general, the total visitors to the museum increased over time. Moreover, the majority of visitors to this museum were adults, and this fugure remained consistently the highest. In contrast, only a small amount of visitors were special exhibition people.

To begin with, in 1997, over 444100 people pay a visit to the museum, with more than 300000 adults, 120000 children and teenagers and only 28 thousand special exhibition visitors.

Subsequently, a zigzag trend appeared for the total tourists, with two decline and one increase period of time, ultimately ending with 504300 visitors. In addition, the number of adult visitors witnessed a slight increase in 2002 and a substantial rise in 2007, peaking at 400500 people. This figure then declined and finished at 380000 visitors, still becoming the highest figure. Additionally, people under 15 visited the museum less over time, declining gradually from 120000 to 82300 people. By contrast, that category for special exhibition visitors rose moderately from 28000 to 42000 but still remained the lowest.