The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

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

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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This
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line graph compares how many visitors travelled to a Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017, over a period of seven years.
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,
it is clear that
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the number of visiting tourists increased significantly over time. It
also
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can be seen that more people preferred to stay on cruise ships over the time frame. In 2010, one million tourists went to the island
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and
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two-quarter of them stayed on the land,
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a quarter remained on the ships. The total number of visitors rose steadily over the next 6 years, reaching more than 2.5 000000 in 2015, and it
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levelled off for one
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before surging to a peak of 3.5000000 in the final
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. The number of people who liked to be on the land, after being steady for the first
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, gently grew to 1.5000000 in 2013. Apart from a small fall in 2015, it again came back to
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level in 2017.
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, staying on the ships became more attractive to visitors, and with an exception of a gentle drop from 2011 to 2012, the rates remarkably went up until to overtook the land fans before 2016,
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apply
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finishing the
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year
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at 2000000.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words year with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stay" was used 2 times.
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