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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kenneth Mohammed

What’s the Caribbean without its beaches? But the people are losing access to them

An idyllic white sand beach with palm trees and a turquoise sea
Pigeon Point in Tobago. Many of the Caribbean’s most popular beaches, such as Bob Marley Beach in Jamaica’s Bull Bay, are being closed off to the public. Photograph: Alamy

Walk along a Caribbean beach, which may stretch for miles, and your stroll is guaranteed to be cut short by an angry hotel security guard. In recent years, the Caribbean has seen a worrying trend of governments readily selling off assets to foreign corporations and political financiers.

Prime real estate, protected land and valuable resources are being relinquished without consideration for long-term consequences. It raises questions about whether remnants of the colonial mindset still prevail in political ideologies and decision-making.

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