Roatan Vacation Rentals

Roatan Vacation Rentals

Why not have a vacation or holiday on the island of Roatan. It can be a super place to have a vacation or holiday in. You may want to rent a vacation home there. You may want to get a cabin, a cottage, a house, an apartment, a flat, hotel room in the nation.

Roatán, located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Bay Islands. The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan. It is approximately 60 kilometres long, and less than 8 kilometres wide at its widest point.

While tourism has strongly contributed towards the economic development of the island, it has also altered Roatán's ecosystem. Land clearing for the construction of residential areas, as well as improper sewage and garbage disposal methods, have inflicted considerable damage to the island in a time span of less than a decade.

Several efforts by environmental organizations have helped to reduce the adverse environmental impacts. Still, the long term success of these efforts is uncertain. Enforceable regulation has ruled an embargo on the importation of plastic containers into the Bay Islands of Honduras.

Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport, also known as Roatán International Airport, is an airport located in the island of Roatán, Honduras. It serves national and international air traffic of the island. The airport is named for Juan Manuel Gálvez the former president of Honduras.

The easternmost quarter of the island is separated by a convoluted channel through the mangroves that is 15 meters wide on the average. The part cut off from the main island of Roatán this way is called Helene or Santa Elena in Spanish. Some satellite islands at the eastern end are Morat, Barbaretta, Pigeon Cay, and Barefoot Cay. Barefoot Cay formerly was known as Burial Key until 2001, but now is privately owned and houses as luxury resort popular with celebrities.

Located near the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea (second largest worldwide after Australia's Great Barrier Reef), it has become an important cruise ship and scuba diving destination in Honduras. Tourism is its most important economic sector, though fishing is also an important source of income for islanders.

Islas de la Bahía ("Bay Islands") is one of the 18 departments into which the Central American nation of Honduras is divided.

The islands boast splendid beaches and unspoilt coral reefs, making them a haven for scuba divers and vacationers. The departmental capital is Coxen Hole, on the island of Roatán.

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