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

A graph displayed an increase in tourism to a specific

island

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in the Carribeans between 2010 and 2017. The line graphs compared those who visited on cruise ships with others who stayed on the

island

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.

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, the destination enjoyed a significant upward trend in its tourism during a

seven year

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period. Both, the total numbers of people, and those coming by boat increased three times and quadrupled respectively. Those preferring to stay on the

island

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itself remained relatively stable. As mentioned, visitors who journeyed on cruises saw a steep and steady rise after 2012 which was the trough of the curve with 0.2

million

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. After that, the graph markedly rose till its peak

at the end

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of the documented period in 2017 to 2

million

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.

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, the

overall

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statistic had its sharpest upward movement after 2012, levelling off for one year between 2015 and 2016 before skyrocketing to 3.5

million

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people.

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respresents

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an astronomical 350% increase.

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to

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, travellers staying on the

island

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had a short but sharp climb for one year before levelling off to a steady state for three years at around 1.5

million

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. Between 2015 and 2016 numbers decreased slightly but were on the rise again

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2017.