Resort island

More broadly, resort island can be defined as any island or an archipelago that contains resorts, hotels, overwater bungalows, restaurants, tourist attractions and its amenities, and might offer all-inclusive accommodations.

[1] It primary focus on tourism services and offer leisure, adventure, and amusement opportunities.

Resort islands mostly rely on their natural environment to attract visitors, such as beaches, biodiversity of coral reefs and forest, or secluded and private locations.

[citation needed] Others might rely on their man-made built attractions, such as spas, amusement parks, casinos or nightlife.

[citation needed] On the one hand, the development of a small island into a resort often entails serious environmental degradation (reef digging, sewage, sand pumping...);[2] on the other, a resort island complex can provide shelter for heavily poached species, as resorts own security services that no marine protected area can afford.