Wallpaper peeling from the walls, mouldy ceilings and furniture left frozen in time – these popular holiday hotspots were once filled with buzzing conversations and laughter. But they were all then abandoned by their former proprietors. Some have been repurposed, others have been demolished, and some still sit empty, time capsules for urban explorers, photographers and ghost hunters.

From a crumbling cruise ship to North Korea's failed floating hotel, click through this gallery to see astonishing images of abandoned hotels and resorts from past and present...