The line graph reports the number of tourists (in millions) that visited a Caribbean island, divided by where they stayed, such as on cruise ships or on island, and the sum of them. Moreover, the study lasted seven years from 2010 to 2017.
Overall, the total number of visitors of the island increased dramatically as well as the ones that stayed on cruise ships. On the other hand, the value of tourists on island increased much less compared to the other staying.
In detail, tourists staying on island started between one and one-half million in 2010, and remained steady over the next year, then grew constantly for the following two years (until 2013) reaching 1.5 millions. Subsequently, the number of visitors on island stabilized to a plateau of 1.5 millions until 2017, despite a slight drop of about 250 thousand in 2016.
The other method (on cruise ships), started having nearly 250 thousand of visitors in 2010, and fluctuated for three years until 2013 reaching half million, then it went in a terrific rise, it overtook the number of tourists on island in 2016, and hit a high of 2 millions in 2017.
Regarding the total number of tourists, it was precisely one million in 2010, then went into a steep climb throughout the period of research, except for a stabilization at approximately 2.7 millions from 2015 to 2016. At the end in 2017, the number of visitors rose sharply and reached its maximum value of 3.5 millions.