5 Once-Thriving Island Resorts That Are Now Abandoned
islands.com • • world
Key Points:
- Five once-thriving Caribbean island resorts have become abandoned due to factors such as natural disasters, financial difficulties, and changing tourism trends, leaving them in various states of disrepair and ruin.
- Caneel Bay Resort in St. John, established by Laurance S. Rockefeller and located within Virgin Islands National Park, has been closed since Hurricane Irma in 2017, with redevelopment stalled due to ownership reverting to the National Park Service and investor hesitation.
- The Moonhole community on Bequia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, began as a private rustic enclave in the 1960s but declined after the death of its founder, with nature reclaiming much of the property, though some dwellings have been restored as vacation rentals
