Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists but not local people. Why is this the case and what can be done to attract more local people to visit these places?

There are a number of factors that explain why many

museums

and historical sites fail to attract the attention of the locals.

However

,

this

issue can be resolved by adopting a number of solutions, as will now be discussed. Perhaps the primary reason is that local inhabitants often do not have

interest

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in visiting these

places

as they tend not to be attracted by

places

and objects that are familiar to their cultural backgrounds.

For example

, many

museums

in Ho Chi Minh City welcome thousands of

travelers

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travellers

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from Hanoi annually,

in contrast

to the number of local residents who visit the

museums

and historical sites here in my home city of Hanoi. Another reason stems from historical attractions themselves. They are often poorly conserved

due to

a low budget for operation

while

the authority does not make an attempt to improve the situation. Take the Air Defense

museum

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in Hanoi as an example. For years, there has been no change for the better, at least visually, to attract the locals, and

this

is the reason why most of its visitors are tourists.

However

, a range of available options can be taken to tackle the problem. The simplest one is that the authority should continue campaigns aiming at encouraging local people to visit these attractions. They could

also

consider rearranging and redecorating historical

places

to make them more interesting and attractive for all visitors. To achieve

this

, the government ought to allocate more public money to the conservation of these

places

. In conclusion, various measures need to be taken to gain back local residents’ interest in

museums

and historical sites.