In one camp are those who welcome the traffic and business that tourists would bring.
Perhaps one day the tourists will bring it back to life again, eh?
Overnight tourists must camp on the island and bring their own provisions.
There's nothing like a few thousand screaming and terrified tourists to bring all the law for miles around to the rescue.
Its population was 4,000, enough to give it an independent life apart from what the tourists brought it.
It was admitted, with much nodding and sighing, that tourists brought money into the region.
About a million tourists brought US$313 million to the country in 2006.
Plus, he has created jobs, and tourists are bringing money to the island.
The tourists that came this far down didn't bring their kids.
Ordinary Kenyans should benefit from the money tourists bring, he said.