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

The line graph illustrates information about one specific island in the Caribbean which was visited by tourists in a

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from 2010 to 2017.

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, the total

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of

visitors

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experienced an upward trend during the

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.

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the

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of tourists who stayed on the island and those who stayed on cruise ships went up, the

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of the second group exceeded the first one in the

last

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two years of the

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.

To begin

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with, the total

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of

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, increased moderately from 1

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visitors

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in 2010 to more than 2.5

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in 2015. After that, it remained unchanged for one year and

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rocketed until the end of the

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. Turning to the stay location, both groups of

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witnessed a similar trend until 2015. The

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of those who stayed on the island was about 700,000 in 2010 and

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increased gradually to 1.5

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visitors

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in 2017.

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, the

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of the other group saw a slight fluctuation at the beginning of the

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, but it climbed substantially

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exceeding the

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of the first group in the year 2015

then

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reached 2

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visitors

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in 2017.