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Islands Around The World

Published by Matthew Kepnes | June 20th 2009 | Views:

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Tropical islands are islands that fall very close to the equator, producing sunny weather and warm waters year-round. It’s these great conditions that make them such a draw for tourists all over the world. Usually, most tropical islands in the world have large tourism facilities because people want to spend their holiday in such beautiful places. Because of their amazing weather and warm ocean, these islands have a lot of creatures on them as these conditions are very suitable to a diverse wildlife.

Most of the world’s coral reefs ring these islands since coral reefs require warm tropical water to survive. These islands are built on top of these island ecosystems and the coral reefs themselves are filled with lots of types of colorful fish, crustaceans like shrimp and lobster, and invertebrates like starfish and sea anemones.

Most tropical islands were made by volcanoes and tectonic plates and many lie on the fault lines where these plates meet. This is how tropical islands such as Hawaii, the Seychelles, the Maldives, Polynesia, and many others formed. Because this volcanic and tectonic activity is often far away from mainland continents, the islands are usually isolated.

Their remote location oftentimes contributes to their unique biodiversity and number of exotic species, because they exist in a “vacuum,” so to speak. That is why island archipelagos like the Galapagos chain, which lies almost 700 miles ands for any type of vacation you could want. Seasons are mirror opposites of each other above and below the equator, so there is always a spring or summer for tourists on a tropical island somewhere.

This type of flexibility is perfect to tourists, and they arrive to the islands in droves. The fact that tourism is such a big part of tropical islands’ livelihood has also caused a lot of problems A lot of tourism practices are viewed as exploitative of the native cultures on the island, as well as being very deadly to the ecosystems that make the islands so wonderful in the first place.

An example of this tension is taking place in Hawaii, where prices for houses and renting have gone up so quickly that most natives that have been living there for generations can no longer afford to. Large-scale commerce like cruise ships and heavy boat traffic can destroy the ecosystem of the islands. There are many efforts being made to protect both the traditions and habitats of tropical islands, and the support of many will be needed to keep them as pristine as they currently are.
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