The graph illustrates the amount of tourists who visited the three museums over the five-year period from 2000 to 2005. Overall, the National museum in China and the MET museum in New York experienced upward trends, while the Edo museum in Tokyo saw fluctuations during this period.
In detail, the MET museum ranked second place with 12 million annual visitors in 2000, before falling to the last position in the next two years with only 6 million people. From 2003 to 2005, the figure rose rapidly, reaching almost 15 million people and positioning at second among three museums. In contrast, the National museum in China had the lowest number of visitors in 2000, before surpassing other museums in the following four years to reach the peak of 16 million people in 2005.
On the other hand, the Edo museum remained at its peak in the number of tourists with 13 million people in the first two years, but witnessed a dramatic decrease to 6 million in 2003. The number of tourists in the Edo museum experienced a slight recovery to 10 million in 2005.