The line graph shows visitor numbers to 5 attractions in the city of Parkvale from 1996 to 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the number of visitors to various sightseeing in Parkvale town from 1996 to 2016 (measured in thousands).

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, there was a surge in the number of guests in the National Gallery, which made it the most visited place by the end of the span. The Indigenous art galleries

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experienced an increase with a minor oscillation from 2004 to 2012. The museum's indicator mostly remained stable but had an extremely insignificant and short rise in 2008,

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the state zoo and aquarium had a considerable decrease in visitors over the period. In detail, in 1996 guests of the National Gallery rose from approximately 250 to 350 thousand people in 2000 and

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rocketed up to about 900 thousand by 2004. From

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point, it experienced a slight decline to 800 people in 2008 and dramatically surged to almost 1 million individuals in the final period. Indigenous art galleries, in turn, had a sharp increase from the first year to 2004 and guests there accounted for about 350,000. The museum comprised 420,000 people and remained the same until 2008 when grew by approximately 10,000 and

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continuously declined to 420,000 again. The aquarium experienced a strong decline in clients for the whole timeframe. It started at about 500,000 and ended up at 100,000 in the

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period. The same downward trend can be observed for the state zoo which had 350,000 clients in 1996 and dropped to 150,000 in 2016.