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General overview of the ISOLDE visits and the target audience\\  The ISOLDE facility welcomes hundreds of visitors each year, allowing them a glimpse inside one of CERN's oldest facilities. With the goal of educating visitors about the world-leading research that is performed at ISOLDE, and encouraging students to consider nuclear physics in their studies, ISOLDE has opened its doors to thousands of visitors in recent years. As shown in Figure ?(a), Figure~\ref{fig:visitors}(a),  the number of visitors has been steadily increasing over the past 6 years, reaching over one thousand visitors in 2016. Figure ?(b) Figure~\ref{fig:visitors}(b)  presents the breakdown of the type of visitor that comes to ISOLDE. The vast majority of visitors (nearly 50\%) are university students from one of the ISOLDE Collaboration's member countries. This is followed by a significant fraction (22\%) of professional visitors and secondary-school students (14\%). In recent years, ISOLDE has become a highlight for the CERN Teachers Programmes, which gives high-school teachers the chance to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in physics, and as such, ISOLDE welcomes more teachers into the facility every year. The breakdown of visitor nationality is presented in Figure ?(c), Figure~\ref{fig:visitors}(c),  illustrating a wide range of visiting countries. University students from France, Belgium, Sweden, Germany and the UK are especially common, often a result of Physics Society organised CERN trips or connections with a member of the ISOLDE personnel. Multiple times a year, ISOLDE will take part in tours organised by the CERN Press Office: visiting dignitaries, often involved in science policy, and heads of state. Figure ? Figure~\ref{fig:king}  shows one such visit, where ISOLDE welcomed King Philippe of Belgium and Nobel prize winner Francois Englert on May 21, 2014. \textbf{Kara - 19th January}