The given bar chart compares the number of three groups of visitors (adults, children aged under 15, and special exhibition visitors) going to a museum from 1997 and 2012.
Overall, it is apparent that there is a significant growth in the total number of people visiting the museum. Notably, this attraction welcomed the highest number of adults throughout the period.
Regarding the totals, although it witnessed a slight decline from 448,100 individuals to 441,200 individuals in the 1997-2002 timespan, the figure surged to 525,200 visitors in the next five years and concluded at 504,300 people.
In terms of adult visitors, at the outset, 300,100 visitors paid a visit to the museum, which is remarkably higher than all surveyed tourists. The figure substantially rose by around 100,000 to reach a peak of 400,500 people in the year 2007 before decreasing marginally to 380,000 at the end, remaining the highest position among three kinds of visitors.
Moving to those under 15 years of age, initially, the number of visitors was recorded at 120,000, which was half that of adults’ data and four times higher than that of special exhibition ones . The figure then plunged to 82,300 individuals by 2012. In contrast, the quantity of special exhibition visitors experienced an upward trajectory over time. Specifically, whilst only 28,000 people visited the museum in the year 1997, the 1997-2012 period saw a gradual rise in the figure from 28,000 to 42,000 tourists.