The line graph illustrates changes in the number of visitors, measured in thousands, to three museums between 2000 and 2020.
Overall, Museum A experienced a substantial increase in visitor numbers and emerged as the most popular museum by 2020, whereas Museum B underwent a marked decline and ended the period with the fewest visitors. By contrast, Museum C remained relatively stable throughout the period, with only a modest increase in visitor numbers.
In 2000, Museum A attracted approximately 250,000 visitors, considerably fewer than Museum B, which recorded around 400,000. Visitor numbers for Museum A then rose gradually to about 350,000 in 2004 before falling slightly to roughly 300,000 in 2006. After this temporary decline, the figure increased steadily, reaching approximately 450,000 in 2010 and then climbing to around 570,000 by 2020. Over the same period, Museum B followed the opposite trend, with visitor numbers falling substantially from about 400,000 in 2000 to approximately 250,000 in 2006, before declining further to around 70,000 at the end of the period.
Museum C, by contrast, showed relatively little change compared with the other two museums. Its visitor numbers stood at roughly 200,000 in 2000 and remained at around this level until 2004, before declining slightly to approximately 180,000 in 2006. The figure then recovered gradually, reaching about 200,000 in 2010, but subsequently fell again to around 170,000 in 2015. By 2020, however, the number had risen slightly to approximately 180,000. Thus, while Museum C experienced some fluctuations, its overall visitor numbers remained broadly stable throughout the period.