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

The line graph illustrates the amount of people that have travelled to a Caribbean

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and divides them into two groups based on their choice of lodging, during the 7-year time period.

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, there is an ongoing upward trend in the total number of visits each period, with the majority staying on the

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in comparison to a cruise ship.

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, In 2010, travellers who were lodging in the Caribbean started from 0.25

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and reached 1

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, which was almost double compared to the previous period. The ship users started from 0.75

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in the first year in 2010 but had no changes next year in 2011. Over the next three years, the figures for individuals staying on the ship and on the

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doubled and reached around 0.5 to 1.5

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visitors, respectively.

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, from the year 2013 to 2015 as the number of visitors staying on cruise ships increased dramatically to over a

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visitors, the number of travellers stayed on the

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equally with approximately 1.5

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.

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, in 2017, 3.5

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people visited

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specific Caribbean

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and 2

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of these chose to stay on cruise ships

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others preferred the

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.