The given line chart illustrates the number of visitors traveling to the Caribbean island and choosing two distinct types of accommodation during a seven-year period, from 2010 to 2017.
At first glance, all three categories had an upward tendency over the period shown, despite some fluctuations. In addition, cruise ship visitors experienced the most significant growth, and while island-based tourists initially outnumbered cruise ship passengers, this pattern reversed by 2016.
In terms of two types of accommodation, there were roughly 0.75 million travelers staying on the island, which nearly tripled the amount of individuals choosing the cruise ship option at the onset, in 2010. The number of island-based visitors stayed unchanged until 2011, then it surged and reached a peak at 1.5 million travelers in 2013, and that number remained stable for the next 2 years before witnessing a downfall of 0.5 million in 2016 and recovering to 1.5 million visitors again at the end of the surveyed period. Turning to the number of individuals choosing cruise ships, it had a moderate increase in 2011, approximately 0.25 million visitors, and experienced a drop by half in 2012, then the figures leaped ceaselessly in the following years and peaked at a noticeable number in 2017, specifically 2 million, making cruise ships the most favorable choice between the two accommodation options at that time.
Regarding the total tourists visiting a Caribbean island, 2010 was about 1 million visitors. Subsequently, the figures rose gradually through some following years and reached a significant number of 2.75 million in 2015, then remained unchanged for about 1 year before shooting up to the highest point of 3.5 million tourists in 2017