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

The graph below shows the number of tourists visting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.
The line chart provided reveals the tourist numbers who visited a specific Caribbean
island
throughout a 7-year period of time.
Overall
, as can be vividly seen from the graph, the total number of tourists visiting the
island
climbed drastically.
Furthermore
, at
first,
the number of
visitors
staying on the
island
was higher than that of
visitors
staying on
cruise
ships
,
whereas
,
at the end
of the period shown,
this
pattern twisted. As illustrated by the chart, starting from nearly 750,000
visitors
staying on the
island
,
this
way of visiting was more popular than staying on
cruise
ships
, at approximately 250,000.
Afterward
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, by 2015, both figures had undergone a considerable increase, with 1.5
million
visitors
staying on the
island
and almost 1.25
million
staying on
cruise
ships
.
By contrast
, the figure for those staying on the
island
declined by 0.5
million
in the following year, being overtaken by the other cluster, before reaching 1.5
million
again in 2017. The figure for staying on
cruise
ships
,
however
, continued its onward march to 2
million
in 2017.
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  • fluctuation
  • peak
  • trough
  • upward trend
  • downward trend
  • steady increase
  • sharp decline
  • seasonal variation
  • cruise ship visitors
  • island stay visitors
  • economic impact
  • environmental impact
  • tourism industry
  • sustainable tourism
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