The given line graph depicts the data regarding the total number of travellers, where they stay during their visit to Caribbean island from 2010 to 2017.
Overall, the proportion of visitors staying on the cruise ship significantly rose in contrast to the number of people staying on the island over the given period of seven years.
Initially, approximately 750,000 visitors chose to stay on the island, which was about 500,000 more than those who stayed on cruise ships. Over time, the number of island visitors rapidly doubled, reaching 1.5 million by 2013, which was a million more than the cruise ship passengers at that time. Following 2013, the count of visitors staying on the island remained relatively stable through the end of the period surveyed.
In contrast, the number of cruise ship passengers exhibited a steady increase over the years. Starting from a lower base, this number gradually rose and eventually surpassed the number of island visitors in mid-2015. By 2017, cruise ship passenger numbers reached a peak of 2 million. The overall number of visitors reflects this growth trend: beginning at 1 million in 2010, the total rose consistently to 2.7 million by 2015, remained steady in 2016, and then surged sharply to 3.5 million by the end of the period.