A common determiner of accommodation in Providencia and Santa Catalina is that they are designed to maintain environmental and cultural sustainability of the islands, so there are no large hotels, although, hotels that provide comfort with architecture and services for guests with different interests and needs.
In addition to hotels, they are tourist apartments and island inns, the latter, created with the intention to offer the visitor a direct proximity to the local culture while contributing to the economic and cultural sustainability of raizales – Ethnic group of islands – by offering tourist services.