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Table No. 8 : Visitors to Museums 2003 Vs 2004
(In million)
Visitors/Year
2003 2004 % Change
over 2003
Domestic Visitors
0.539
0.554
2.8
Foreign Visitors
0.011
0.018
63.6
Total Visitors
0.550
0.572
4.0
Source:
Department of Archaeology, Lok Virsa, Pakistan Science Foundation,
Government of Pakistan, Culture Department, Government of Sindh and
Archaeology Department, Government of N.W.F.P.
The
above
analysis indicates that:-
During year 2004 visitors to all the fourteen museums covered
in this Report increased by 4.0 percent over 2003. Over a
longer term, visitors to museums show six positive and four
negative trends since 1995. (see table 7 statistical appendix).
In year 2004, a record increase of 63.6 percent was observed
in foreign visitors. The number of foreign visitors during this
year went up from 0.011 million in 2003 to 0.018 million in
2004.
Domestic visitors to museums also increased from 0.539
million in 2003 to 0.554 million in 2004, reflecting 2.8 percent
increase over previous year.
The
museum-wise
visitor
position
is given in the following table:-
Table No. 9 : Place-wise Visitors to Museums 2003 Vs 2004
(In
million)
Place 2003
2004
Percentage
Change Over 2003
1. Lahore
Museum,
Lahore.
0.271
(49.27)
0.278
(48.6)
2.6
2 Archaeological
Museum,
Taxila.
0.078
(14.82)
0.079
(13.8)
1.3
3. Sindh
Provincial
Museum, Hyderabad.
0.045
(8.18)
0.047
(8.2)
4.4