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Maldives
The Maldives consists of roughly 1,200 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls scattered across the Indian Ocean, and with an average elevation of just under five feet above sea level, it's the lowest-lying country on Earth, a geography that's made it one of the nations most directly and publicly vocal about the existential risk posed by rising sea levels. The country's tourism model is built almost entirely around the "one island, one resort" concept, in which most resort islands are developed as a single self-contained property rather than sharing an island with other hotels or local residential communities, a structure that gives most visitors a genuinely private, isolated island experience by design. The Maldivian government held a widely covered underwater cabinet meeting in 2009, with ministers in scuba gear signing a document calling for global carbon emission cuts, a deliberately symbolic event specifically staged to draw international attention to the country's vulnerability to climate change. The Maldives's combination of its extreme low-lying geography, its distinctive one-island-one-resort tourism model, and its high-profile climate change advocacy has made it one of the most exclusive and environmentally significant island destinations in the world.
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Capri, Italy
Capri has drawn wealthy and famous visitors since the Roman era, when Emperor Tiberius reportedly ruled the empire from the island for roughly the last decade of his life, building multiple villas across its cliffs, including the ruins of Villa Jovis, which still stand near the island's highest point today. The island's Blue Grotto, a sea cave illuminated by an eerie, vivid blue light created by sunlight refracting through an underwater cavity and passing through the seawater, has drawn visitors since the 19th century, when the cave was popularized among Northern European travelers on the Grand Tour. Capri became a favored retreat for international celebrities and jet-setters through the mid-20th century, a reputation the island has actively maintained through its upscale boutiques, luxury hotels, and the Faraglioni, a set of three dramatic limestone sea stacks rising directly out of the water that's become one of the island's most photographed natural landmarks. Capri's combination of its Roman imperial history, the naturally illuminated Blue Grotto, and its enduring 20th-century celebrity-retreat reputation has made it one of the most storied and consistently glamorous island destinations in the entire Mediterranean.
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