Then again I don't understand the point of any form of resort, paying money to be surrounded by other people doesn't make sense to me.
I think it can depend heavily on where you're from.
I'm from the US, specifically the midwest area, and the weather in this region is pretty much always very unstable. This area is sometimes known as Tornado Alley, which is just as much fun as it sounds (yeah, I had a horrible fear of storms and such as a kid, thanks to that). During winter, everything freezes, over and over, but the temperature still abruptly jumps up and down because... yeah, unstable. That constant swapping messes with me a lot. Air pressure changes always go with that and it hurts, physically.
Travelling down south, to a resort or whatever, is meant as a reprieve from winter, usually. As long as hurricanes arent happening the weather down there is typically stable and warm, and the ocean is nearby. That was the reason to go. It was never like, "oh hey this is a resort, so we should go" it was more "this area will be a good escape from the current weather, and this resort area just happens to be there, so lets go".
The trouble of course is crowds flocking to certain areas.
We dont go to resorts anymore, not in the traditional sense. My father bought a place on the island that we previously would go down to each year, so that we didnt have to stay in someone else's rented place, but even if you've got a place of your own, it's still basically a resort island (it's a very small island, and the entire thing is tourism-heavy) and that's the frustrating part of it. There are certain areas on it that can be pretty sparse, because tourists dont find those sections as interesting, but the areas they favor? Ye gods, what a freaking mess. Not to mention you get people coming down there daily who arent truly tourists, they just live on the mainland like 20 minutes from the bridge or something so they just pop down for a day at the beach when they feel like it.
Did I mention the island is really freaking small? There's only one way on or off (and if that bridge shuts down for any reason, you're in trouble), and exactly one main road that goes down the length of the island (very long and thin place). This does exactly what you'd think it would to the traffic.
That being said, the place is still utterly gorgeous. I can understand why the tourism industry is so heavy down there (this being off the Gulf-side coast of Florida). But like any resort area, it brings its own unique form of trouble. I dont envy those that work at the main hotels there. Gotta be kinda tough, keeping up with everyone.
I tell ya, we did not go during 2020. That area was a major hotspot for outbreaks. Because idiots just kept crowding up down there. I'm guessing a lot of resorts of all types (and the areas surrounding them) probably ran into this sort of issue.
