China: 19m people visit Palace Museum in 2019
China on Friday said its Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, received over 19 million visitors in 2019, according to data released by the museum.
The visitors, about 3.72 million were aged between 30 and 40, and 3.52 million were aged between 20 and 30. About 2.65 million were under the age of 20, accounting for 15 per cent of the total.
A total of 81 centenarians also visited the Palace Museum in 2019.
The museum had about 1.06 million foreign visitors in the previous year.
The year 2020 marks the 600th anniversary of the Forbidden City. The Palace Museum was built on the base of the former imperial compound in 1925.
