The once idyllic Le Galawa Beach Resort Hotel, the only hotel on Grande Comore that offered package tours, is now derelict. Yet websites are still advertising it.
When a tiny Indian Ocean island whose population is 90% Muslim votes to strengthen its links with France, the reasons are likely to be more economic than sentimental.
The constant threat from volatile internal politics in Anjouan (official name Nzwani) in the Union of the Comoros, is ruining the island's considerable tourism potential.
Beautiful but poor, the volcanic Comores archipelago lies between Mozambique and Madagascar. It is hardly known outside East Africa and Francophone Indian Ocean areas.