All over the world, museums and archeological sites are attraction for tourists and they frequently come these hotspots to pay a visit. In contrast, local residents are less interested about these places and it is a common scenario for almost all countries of the globe. I think, this is happening because of lack of knowledge and lack of events in nearby museums and sites.
Local people have no interest about their near door museums and historical sites, as they argue that: we know everything about the place. Their thought is that we see it every day from dawn to dusk, so why we should go there formally. A study results recently published in ‘The Economist’ claimed that about visiting museums and archeological sites, local citizens believe that there is nothing special.
Locals do not have willingness to spent money for a place that they are seeing for a long time. A recent research by one of our local tourism companies revealed that a large group of people said that they think spending for travelling a new is better use of our money.
To attract local people in museums and historical sites, some steps could be taken by authorities. For instance, arranging social events that can make these sites a hotspot regardless of local and foreigner. For local citizens, entry fee could be minimal, which will encourage them to visit these places. Besides, authority should take some necessary initiatives that could have positive impact on adjacent persons.
To sum up, people like to see amazing things and uncommon activities. If the related authority arranges such kind of activities, local people will feel proud to attend there.