The statistic illustrated the shift in how many tourists (in million) were attracted to 5 European destinations between 1981 and 2001.
Overall, the figure for tourists visit the British museum and the Rijkmuseum witnessed an upward trend, while amusement parks and the national aquatic centre take an opposite direction, and that for zoo remained unchanged over the 20-year period. Additionally, amusement parks took the first position as the most relevant attraction, whereas zoos were the least attractive place.
In 1981, amusement parks mostly attract 7.50 million visitors, becoming the top-visited destination at that time. Following that, the national aquatic centre stood at the second position, appealing to 3.85 million people come to it. The number of tourist visited to the
Rijksmuseum was 2.44 million, lower than the British museum 0.54 million. Zoos were the least common place, attracting 1.01 million visitors in the first year.
Thereafter, amusement parks and the national aquatic centre slightly decreased to 7.01 million and 3.21 million, respectively. However, amusement parks still stood at the top-choice destination for tourists. The Rijksmuseum remarkably climbed to 4.28 million visitors which approximately equal to 4.30 visitors of the British museum. Finally, zoos had an unconsidered change, still stood stably at 1.01 tourists equivalent to the first point.