Why millionaires are buying remote Indonesia islands
boutique resort in the Riau Archipelago near Singapore, stumbled upon the islands over two decades ago."On one of my sailing trips around Southeast Asia, I came across these pretty little islands. I took note of them, they were so lovely."
Groups can rent out the entire island, which includes five 'beach palaces', a restaurant, bar, pool and lots of watersports equipment."I've always wanted to build a driftwood palace and, at that stage, there was a huge amount of driftwood lying around. So we started collecting driftwood -- big teak logs and hauling them off the reef," recalls Marden.
"It's very seductive to have your own island," laughs Marden."But it really is bloody difficult to try to run one commercially -- there's the water, diesel, electricity, you've got to get food in and out. It's pretty complicated. Only mad people would start an island resort!" The country has seen a surge in international arrivals over the past few years, increasing from 9 million in 2014 to 14 million in 2017.
High volumes of travelers typically provide more jobs and boost the local economy, but also have a negative impact on the ecosystem. In preparation for continued growth, the park has drafted an ecotourism development master plan with WWF-Indonesia."Despite all the natural disasters in the past years, Indonesia and especially Bali are reporting record arrivals year after year, and the Ministry of Tourism has ambitious plans for growing tourism numbers over the next decade," says Oschetti."I think these private islands and remote developments take a bit of pressure away from south Bali's over-development.
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