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The graph provided illustrates information about how many people visited a Caribbean
island
 from 2010 to 2017. As presented in the chart, the number of total travellers steadily increased. According to the graph, there was an increase in the
figure
 for tourists either staying on cruise or
island
 from 1
million
 to 3.5
million
 over the given period. statistics for People
s
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who
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tayed on the
island
 remained around 750 thousand from 2010 until 2011 and it figures rapidly grew up to the highest point of 1.5
million
 in 2013. Afterwards, the figures were maintained for 2 consecutive years in a row until 2017 with a dip in 2016. Turning to the
figure
 for tourists staying on the
island
, there was no major fluctuation from 2010 to 2012
although
 there was a slight growth in 2011.
However
, the statistics for visitors dramatically increased and its
figure
 was surpassing the
figure
 for tourist staying cruise ships in 2016 and
then
 reached a peak of 2
million
 in 2017.
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