Luxury Properties: The Caribbean’s New Tourism Dilemma
Critics say developers are buying up pristine beaches. Governments see exclusive real estate as the future of the economically vital tourism industry.
Since construction of a high-end resort began in 2017 on the Caribbean island of Barbuda, part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, residents have been seeking to halt the project. They say the Barbuda Ocean Club and an associated airport undermine local land rights and damage the environment. The country’s government has fully backed the project, calling it economically necessary and environmentally sound. But Barbuda resident and marine biologist John Mussington says part of the island’s shoreline is being sold off to the ultra-wealthy and is leading a case in a powerful...
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