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

This

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line graph illustrates how many people visited the Caribbean islands from 2010 to 2017, for three different sectors;

visitors

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staying on cruise ships,

visitors

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staying on the

island

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, and total.

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, the

number

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of all types of

visitors

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showed an upward trend throughout the whole time frame.

To begin

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, the

number

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of total

visitors

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started with just 1

million

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at the beginning of the year. After that point, the total

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of

visitors

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increased steadily, reaching around 2.7

million

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in 2019, and it depicted a significant rise of 3.5

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at the end

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of the year. Turning to the

number

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of

visitors

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who stayed on cruise ships and on the

island

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, they started with 0.3 and 0.7

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respectively.

While

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the

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of

visitors

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staying on the

island

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increased to 1.5

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by 2013, it showed an unchanged from 2013 to 2015 and a fluctuation between 2015 and 2017.

On the other hand

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,

although

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the

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of

visitors

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staying on cruise ships fluctuated until 2012, it experienced an increase gradually and exceeded the

number

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of

visitors

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staying on the

island

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, finishing at 2

million

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.