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

Despite the fact that

museums

and historical

places

hold a vital role in any community, yet most of these

places

are often visited by tourists rather than the local inhabitants.

This

easy would delve into

reasons

behind

this

decreasing number of

locals

visiting these sites and some possible solutions to reverse

this

trend.

Museums

and historical

places

have always witnessed the heavy turn out of foreigners, as they best serve a tourist’s purpose of learning about the place he is visiting.

However

,

locals

being born and brought up at that place are mostly aware and familiar about the native land, and

hence

are less curious about visiting these sites.

In addition

to

this

tourists often come with a pre-planned budget of time and

money

to spend visiting these sites, on the other ,hand

locals

avoid spending

money

on visiting the

places

they are living around since birth.

For example

, a person who is living in Chandigarh since birth would hardly prefer to spend

money

on visiting the rock garden, which the tourists love to see.

Thus

, these are some of the

reasons

resulting in the lower presence of

locals

at most of the historical tourist attractions. To reverse

this

trend and encourage a more local presence certain steps like making entry of

locals

to

museums

free and encouraging kids to

visit

historical

places

could be very useful. As a person will never prefer spending

money

on visiting a place about which he has studied and is familiar with, so keeping a ticket free entry for natives to these

places

will surely help in motivating people to

visit

them.

Secondly

, in schools, introducing tours to

museums

and historical

places

as a part of the curriculum of teaching history will help in developing the interest of children towards visiting these

places

. In conclusion, even though there are some practical

reasons

like curiosity and priority of things which results in the lower turnout of

locals

to the

museums

, the same are the

reasons

why foreigners

visit

such

places

more, and with some corrective ,approach a lot can be done to encourage the

locals

to

visit

these

places

more often.