Prospective tourism developers have to bid for there ‘resort islands’, and the system of ‘one island, one resort’ enables the highest bidder to get a lease on the island for 21 years or 35 years. Put another way, the government rents these islands to tourism developers. These resort islands are then developed with very exclusive, luxurious facilities, catering for an elite of holiday-makers. To make up for the environmental damage coming from resort development, for each resort island that is created, three other islands must, by law, become environmental reserves.