The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line chart depicts data on tourists number, in millions, who visited a specific Caribbean

island

and opted to stay on a cruise ship or on the

island

itself, during a period from 2010 to 2019.

Overall

, the visitors of

this

island

increased significantly. The total figure of travellers started from 1

million

in 2010 and surged to 3.5

million

by 2017;

however

, during a time span from 2015 to 2016, changes in

this

number were neglectable and stood at about 2.75

million

. Other than

this

during the whole period the upward trend remained unchanged. In total, the number of tourists are divided into two categories, ones who stayed on the

island

and the others whom the

island

's people were their host. It is evident that until 2015 staying on the

island

was the tourists' first option, until

this

changed in 2016 and by

this

year around 1.5

million

people stayed on the cruise ships,

while

only about 1.25

million

visitors took a local residence.