the graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

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Caribbean

island

visiting tourists who stayed on cruise ships and stayed on the

island

from 2010 to 2017. The unit is measured in millions of

visitors

.

Overall

, the

number

of

visitors

who were travelling on the

island

fluctuated meanwhile people who were travelling on cruise ships rose with some fluctuations.

However

, the total

number

of travellers experienced a remarkable increase over the period of

time

. The sum of

visitors

was 1

million

at the beginning and steadily increased to 1.5

million

in 2012. Three years ago, the total

number

of

visitors

plumed to around 2.75

million

and

finally

, reached the highest point at 3.5

million

in 2017. Regarding the

number

of people who were spending

time

on the

island

, at the beginning of the

time

, they were around 0.75

million

then

stayed constant until the end of the year 2011. After that, the

number

of travellers sharply increased to 1.5

million

in 2013, dropped to roughly 0.25

million

in 2016 and went up to 1.5

million

at the end

of the period.

Whereas

, the volume of people who were spending

time

on cruise ships was around 0.25

million

in 2010

then

grew to 0.5

million

in 2011 and hit the floor of approximately 0.25

million

in the year 2012.

Moreover

, in 2016, the

number

of

visitors

dramatically increased to 1.5

million

and reached a peak of 2

million

throughout the period of

time

.