The Skelton family, who have owned the resort since 2006, have also been left homeless in the aftermath of the recent Tropical Cyclone Harold which hit at the worst possible time, during a king tide.
Tonga felt the brunt of Cyclone Harold on 9 April 2020 as the then category four storm, packing gusts of up to 260 km/hr, passed to the south of Nuku'alofa.
The chief executive of the National Emergency Management Office, Paula Ma'u said the biggest impact from the cyclone was the sea surge, which had been put at three metres.
