National Museum has 2 million visitors

The number of visitors to the National Museum of Korea hit 2 million this year and is rising.

As of end of November, of the 2.02 million visitors to the museum, foreigners accounted for about 110,000.

The number of visitors to the National Museum of Korea has been rising steadily with 750,000 (100,000 foreigners) in 1997, then 131,000 (140,000 foreigners) in 1998, and 153,000 (110,000 foreigners) in 1999.

The spokesperson for the museum cited the low entrance fee for the viewing of various cultural artifacts on display as well as the various special exhibitions throughout the year as reasons for the rising number of visitors.