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The graph below shows the number of tourists visiting a particular Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

The given line graph depicts the pattern of visit to a Caribbean island between 2010 and 2017.

Overall, there was an increase in the aggregate number of visitors to the island over the period, despite a fall in those who preferred to stay in the island in the later years.

As per the chart, of the total one million visitors, most preferred to stay on the island in 2010.  When around 800,000 preferred to visit the island, the rest stayed on cruise ships. By 2012, when the gross visitor number rose to about 1.5 million, only 200,000 stayed in the ships, while the majority spend their time in the island . 

A converging pattern is seen in the number of visits after 2012, until the middle of 2015, when both types of visits recorded 1.4 million visitors. Thereafter, the attendance to the cruise ships increased steadily to hit an all-time-high of 2 million in 2017, which was 500,000 more than the number of tourists to the island.