Parliament Rejects Island Resort Bill

The Bill would have allowed tourist resorts or holiday home complexes on small  islands (between 70 and 200 square kilometers) to cover 1% of the islands area (the current limit is 0.2%).  This doesn't sound a huge increase on paper, but might have destroyed the "character" of an island, the very "character" that tourists were prepared to travel long distances (ferry strikes permitting) to enjoy.