what's the difference

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A: something is being visited
B: something is visited

is it the same with and without "being"? if not, what's the difference?
 
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is being visited= while you talk about it/right now " The British Museum is being visited by Lewis Hamilton right now, wow:cool:"
is visited= in general, "The British Museum is visited by many people every day"
 
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