The chart below shows the number of three types of visitor to a museum between 1997 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of

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visitors

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in three categories—adults, children under 15, and attendees of special exhibitions—between 1997 and 2012.The units are measured in numbers.

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, adult

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visited a

museum

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the most throughout the period,

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special exhibition

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were the lowest.

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, people visited a

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the most in 2007. The

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of adult

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was 300,100 in 1997. The figure remained relatively stable

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rose significantly to reach its peak at 400,500 in 2007, before falling to 380,000 in the final year. Regarding the

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of special exhibition

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, the

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was around 28,000 in 1997 and increased gradually to 42,000 in 2012.

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, the

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of

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aged under 15 was 120,000 in 1997 and decreased constantly to 82,300 in 2012. In terms of the

overall

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of

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between 1997 and 2002, there were 448,100 people who visited a

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in the first year

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fell slightly to 441,200 in 2002. In 2007, the

visitors

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number

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climbed considerably to 525,200 and declined marginally to 504,300 in 2012.