Task 1 The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Carribean island between 2-10 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart displays the amount of visitors to a Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017. To summarise, the most noticeable trend is that the total

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of tourists has a dramatic rise over the period. Amount of those, who were staying on cruise ships, fluctuated until 2013, upon which it rose rapidly. Almost the opposite to the previous graph, per cent of all visitors that have been staying on the

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remained the same till 2011 and between 2013 - 2015. At the start of 2010 the least popular decision for tourists was staying on ships,

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was changing from roughly one quarter to just under half of total visitors until 2013. The quantity has started rising significantly since

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, doubled the traffic in 2014, and reached its peak of 2 million in 2017. In the beginning, a significant majority of people preferred staying out of the board. There was visible growth between 2011 and 2013, but till 2015 the

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was the same. A minor drop followed

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plateau in 2016 and amount of those, who were staying on cruise

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exceeded the “island” group. Both graphs were increasing their scores over time, so the total

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of tourists has grown 3,5 times, showing a dramatical jump of more than 30% from 2016 to 2017