The statistics illustrates the changes in how many visitors to 5 European tourist attractions over the period from 1981 to 2001.
Overall, the visitors of the British museum and the Rijksmuseum witnessed an upward trend while the figure for amusement parks and the National Aquatic Centre experienced a slight decrease and that for zoos unchanged. Of the five European attractions, Amusement parks held the top position during the entire period.
At the start of the period, of all the attractions, securing the top position was Amusement parks, with 7.50 millions of visitors. This was followed by the National Aquatic Centre, at 3.85. Slightly below were the British museum and the Rijksmuseum, with respective figures being 2.98 and 2.44. At the bottom of the list came zoos, with only 1.01.
Thereafter, Amusement parks experienced a slight drop of 7.01 millions of visitors, still ranking first. Similarly, the year of 2001 witnessed a gentle decrease of 3.21 in the National Aquatic Centre. In contrast, people who visited the British museum and the Rijksmuseum considerably rose to 4.30 and 4,28, respectively, in the end of the period. Meanwhile, the amount of visitors to zoos unchanged.