The line graph illustrates how many people visited an island, namely the Caribbean between 2010 and 2017.
Overall, there was a steady increase in the total number of tourists coming to the Caribbean island, which was the result of rises in the proportion of guests staying on cruise ships and island. In addition, visitors staying on island were the most popular choice throughout the majority of the period.
In 2010, the total number of individuals visiting an island started at exactly 1 million visitors, after which it experienced a gradual increase to around 2 million in 2013. A similar change was observed in people who opted to stay on the island, which rose moderately from approximately 0.75 to 1,5 million over the first 3 years. Meanwhile, guests staying on cruise ships fluctuated slightly, just around 0.25 and 0.5 million in the same period.
There was a growth consistently in the total proportion of people coming to the island to approximately 2.75 million, before rocketing to a peak of 3.5 million in the final year. Likewise, visitors staying on cruise ships increased sharply to exactly 2 million, surpassed those staying on island by the middle of 2015 and became the most optimum at the end of the period. By contrast, the figure for people staying on the island remained unchanged at about 1.5 million visitors in 2017, after declining slightly to around 1.25 million by 2016.