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he number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean Island between 2010 and 2017.

#tourists #caribbean #island
The line graph compares the
number
 of
visitors
 to a certain Caribbean
island
 for a 7-year period from 2010. Overall, it is apparent that the total
number
 of tourists visiting the
island
 increased over the years.
Also
, the
number
 of
visitors
 staying on the
island
 remained higher than the ones staying on the cruise ships for most of the duration except near the final years
where
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 the latter outnumbered the former. It can be seen that the total
number
 of
visitors
initially
 was exactly 1
million
 in 2010, increased exponentially for the
next
 2 years,
then
 rose gradually till 2015 to reach almost 2.7
million
 and remained flat for a year.
This
number
finally
 jumped dramatically to hit a peak of 3.5
million
 in 2017. The
visitors
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 on the
island
 and cruise ships were nearly 0.7 and 0.3
million
 respectively in 2010.
Afterward
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,
visitors
 on the
island
 gradually increased till 2013 to reach a high of 1.5
million
 and remained stable till 2017 with a small dip in 2016. Cruise ships
on the other hand
, with mild fluctuations, kept increasing till mid-2015 to surpass the numbers
on
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island
visitors
 to hit a peak of 2
million
 in 2017.
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