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

The line graph shows how many

tourists

visited a particular Caribbean

island

from 2010 to 2017.

Overall

,

it is clear that

the

number

of

tourists

visiting a Caribbean

island

and staying on

cruise

ships

or the

island

increased gradually over 7 years.

In addition

, the total

number

of

visitors

who were staying on

cruise

ships

or the

island

experienced a dramatic rise. In 2010, the

figure

for

tourists

who stayed on

cruise

ships

was 0.5

million

, and

then

it increased to 0.5

million

in 2011. At the beginning of the period, the

number

of

visitors

who stayed on the

island

was 1.5

million

and

then

it remained constant until 2011.

Although

the

figure

for

visitors

who stayed on the

island

increased slightly to almost 1.4

million

in 2012, that for

visitors

who stayed on

cruise

ships

declined to its initial

number

.

Moreover

, the

figure

for

tourists

in both types of staying had a gradual increase until 2013,

then

the

number

of

visitors

who stayed on

cruise

ships

continued its growth to reach 2

million

in 2017,

while

the

figure

for

tourists

who stayed on the

island

remained stable between 2013 and 2015 at 1.5

million

. It is noteworthy that the

figure

for

visitors

who stayed on the

island

overtook that for

visitors

who stayed on

cruise

ships

in the middle of 2015, after that the

number

of the former experienced a slight increase to 1.5

million

.

Furthermore

, from 2010 to 2015, the total

number

of

visitors

increased moderately from 1 to just over 2.5

million

, before it experienced a dramatic increase for the final year to reach its peak at 3.5

million

, it remained stable at about 2.7

million

.