Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists rather than local people. Why does this happen? What can be done to encourage local people to visit museums and historical sites?

It is argued that foreigners like to

visit

museums and heritage places

instead

of the native people. The main reason is extremely high

admission

fees to the historical sites. To solve

this

problem state should provide subsidizes and abolish the

fee

.

To begin

with, the main reason tourists

visit

a country is to learn about the culture of the host country and museums and historical monuments are the best places for that purpose. Even though the entry

fee

of these places is huge tourists are often willing to pay to fulfil their curiosity.

On the other hand

, local inhabitants

visit

these historical sites less often. After visiting once they avoid going to museums because the

admission

fee

is prohibiting high. They do not want to pay

such

a huge amount just to see the same artefacts and monuments again.

For example

, a survey conducted by a Business newspaper article stated that the number of local visitors to the British museum significantly declined after they introduced entrance

fee

. The possible solution to attract locals to

visit

museums more often is that

admission

should be free of charge and it’s only possible if the government provide funds to help museums manage their expenses. With the assistance from state museums and historical places would not have to burden public by placing

admission

charges.

For instance

, according to a report by University of London there was a 40% increase in attendance to the British Art museum after entrance

fee

was removed. In conclusion, the principal cause for local residents do not

visit

museums and heritage places in their own nation is because of the high entry

fee

,

however

, the government can lure them by scrapping

admission

charges.