The bar chart depicts data about how many people visited museums in New York, China, and Tokyo across a time span of 5 years.
Overall, it is evident that there is an upward trend in the number of museum visitors in China and New York, whereas the visits to the museum in Tokyo had experienced a period of volatility and declined moderately. Furthermore, by the end of the selected period, the museum of in China established its place as the most visited museum.
To begin, in 2000 the museum “Edo” located in Tokyo accounted for just over 13 million guests, and remained relatively unchanged the following year. However, by 2002, Edo experienced a substantial fall to almost 10 million, before hitting its low of just above 6 million in 2003. The following year, Edo rose modestly to 8 million, and continued its growth until it reached its final value of 10 million at the end of the period.
Turning to the number of museum visits in New York, it constituted 12 million people at the start of the period, then plummeted to 6 million, which is a half of the initial number, in 2001,[c] and remained steady the following year. 2003 saw a slight increase in the trend to approximately 7 million for the MET museum, and by 2004, the number of guests rose substantially to 12 million. By the end, it reached its high of around 14 million annual visitors. As regards the figure for China, it comprised just above 6 million guests, and rose gradually until 2003 to almost 11 million. The trend remained unchanged next year, before it grew to just under 16 million in 2005.