The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make compariosns where relevant.

The graph illustrates the

number

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of visitors to a certain Caribbean

island

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from 2010 to 2017.

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, it demonstrates the distribution of tourists between those who were staying on cruise ships and those who were staying on the

island

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.

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, the

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of people who preferred to stay on ships remained almost the same during the period shown. Meanwhile, the

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of those who stayed on the

island

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was rapidly increasing since 2012.

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, cruise ships became extremely popular. Until 2013, annually, there were fewer than half a

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visitors who used them.

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, the meaningful increase of

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number

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happened in 2014, reaching 1

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cruise travellers.

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,

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quantity was growing by at least half a

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each year.

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, the

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of people staying on the

island

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from 2012 to 2017 was approximately 1.25-1.5

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.

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, it

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had an extreme growth. Between 2011 and 2012, the

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of tourists staying on the

island

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increased by 1

million

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.