Drumroll ... The Best Beach Destinations in the World
Drumroll ... The Best Beach Destinations in the World
It doesn’t get more exotic that Egypt, coming in next with 342 properties, right on the sand.
Turkey — holiday perfect with 418 beachfront babies. Can’t you picture yourself on this gorgeous strip of sand in Oludeniz, Fethiye?
La Dolce Vita makes its presence known with 528 beach hotels in glamorous settings. Positano, anyone?
Greece comes in next, at 576 hotels. You can’t beat views like this one in Santorini.
Drumroll ... The Best Beach Destinations in the World
It’s 736 for Spain. A view of beach and ocean in Tarifa.
Mexico impresses: 943 beachfront properties in locations like Tulum.
The US comes in #2, with 1,016 beach hotels — including Santa Monica, California, pictured here.
This Southeast Asian beach Mecca has 1,250 beachfront hotels to choose from. Here, the white sands of Maya Beach.
We love a beautiful beach, so we took note when we heard about the just-launched Global Beachfront Awards, dreamed up by The Beachfront Club, a website that tracks hotels on the beach around the globe.
And the winner is…
Thailand!
The top-ranked Southeast Asian country swept the first-annual awards, thanks to its incredible number of “true” beachfront properties, which — by the criteria of the Beachfront Club — includes only those hotels directly on a beach or oceanfront with no road or traffic between the rooms and the water.
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So just how many properties does Thailand have on the beach? A whopping 1,250 hotels and resorts. For Thiland, this win comes on the heels of being named one of the top 10 most visited countries by the Nations World Tourism Organization (WTO). And it’s good news for a country that has witnessed upheaval in recent years.
To find out who made the rest of the list, keep on reading. We just have one question: how does a country catch up in these awards without massive construction?
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