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

The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.
This
line graph illustrates how many people visited the Caribbean islands from 2010 to 2017, for three different sectors;
visitors
staying on cruise ships,
visitors
staying on the
island
, and total.
Overall
, the
number
of all types of
visitors
showed an upward trend throughout the whole time frame.
To begin
, the
number
of total
visitors
started with just 1
million
at the beginning of the year. After that point, the total
number
of
visitors
increased steadily, reaching around 2.7
million
in 2019, and it depicted a significant rise of 3.5
million
at the end
of the year. Turning to the
number
of
visitors
who stayed on cruise ships and on the
island
, they started with 0.3 and 0.7
million
respectively.
While
the
number
of
visitors
staying on the
island
increased to 1.5
million
by 2013, it showed an unchanged from 2013 to 2015 and a fluctuation between 2015 and 2017.
On the other hand
,
although
the
number
of
visitors
staying on cruise ships fluctuated until 2012, it experienced an increase gradually and exceeded the
number
of
visitors
staying on the
island
, finishing at 2
million
.
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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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