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

The line graph displays how many tourists visited a certain Caribbean

island

between 2010 and 2017.

Overall

, the

island

's total visitor count rose steadily almost every year over the past seven years. Starting in 2016, more visitors stayed on cruise ships than on the

island

; before that, the reverse was true.The total

number

of arrivals on the

island

went up gradually from 1

million

in 2010 to roughly 2.75

million

in 2015. It

then

stayed at

this

level in 2016 until it rocketed to 3.5

million

in 2017. The

number

of visitors who stayed on the

island

stood at about 0.75

million

in 2010 and 2011. It

then

increased consistently before reaching a plateau of 1.5

million

, which lasted from 2013 to 2017 except for a small dip in 2016. There were far fewer tourists staying on cruise ships in 2010, at only around 0.25

million

. After some fluctuations over the following 2 years, the

number

started climbing steadily, overtaking the

number

of those staying on the

island

in 2016 and reaching 2

million

in 2017.