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

The line graph depicts the

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of tourists, in millions, who stayed on cruise ships or the islands during their visit from one of the Caribbean islands over an interval from 2010 to 2017.

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, the total

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of visitors increased significantly.

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, visitors opted to stay on cruise ships more than on the island until 2015 when that changed. On the one hand, the

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of tourists who chose to stay on the island in 2010 started at about 0.25

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and gradually increased to 2

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in 2017.

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, one noticeable change in figures is for 2012, which is the only point that it faced a decline.

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, the graph for travellers who stayed on the island is quite different than the two other lines. The

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here begins at around 0.75

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and with a small deviation stays there for next year.

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during the next two years fit went from 0.75

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in 2011 to 1.5

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in 2013 and stayed there until 2015, afterwards, declined to about 1.5

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and

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stood at 1.5

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again in 2017.