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World’s Top Twelve Island Tourist Destinations: The Best and Finest Beach Resorts

by nobert soloria bermosa on 02/11/09 at 9:54 am

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1. Diego Garcia

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The lovely-looking and astonishing island of Diego Garcia contains some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. This 60 kilometer long island which is located in the Indian Ocean is covered in luxuriant tropical vegetation. The island nearly encloses a lagoon that is about 19 kilometers long and up to 8 kilometers wide. The island is also notably captivating for its white sand beaches.

2. Maldives

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The small island country of Maldives is known worldwide for its beautiful and lovely tourist attractions. This archipelago, which is comprised of 1, 190 islands, is located in the Indian Ocean.

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Two of its first and most popular tourist resorts are Kurumba Village and Bandos Island Resort.

3. Pamilacan Beach

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The Philippine archipelago in Southeast Asia is very lucky for having hundreds of natural tourist attractions. One of the country’s most beautiful ‘gifts of nature’ is Pamilacan Beach Resort which has been nominated as one of the ‘best island resorts’ in the world.

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This beautiful island is located in the southern part of the country, one of the islands of the Cuyo Island Group between the islands of Panay and Palawan. This privately own island resort with white sand beach is set on the middle of a 7 square kilometer coral reef perfect for snorkeling and scuba diving.

4. Panglao Natures Park & Spa

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The beautiful island of Panglao in the Visayas, located near the islands of Cebu and Bohol, is one of the top tourist destinations in the Philippines. It is famous for its beautiful dive spots and its coral reef as well as the world-class Panglao Natures Park & Spa. The island of Panglao has about 250 new species of crustaceans and 2,500 new species of mollusk, more diverse than Japan and the Mediterranean.

5. White Beach

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Not so far from Pamilacan Beach is the beautiful and stunning White Beach on the island of Boracay in Aklan. The island of Boracay has many beach resorts but one of the most remarkable is White Beach due to its fine white sands and crystal clear water.

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Boracay, as a whole, is regarded as one of the best tropical beaches in the world. It was cited in 2007 as the “World’s Most Popular Beach”.

From the ‘Pearl of the Orient’, let’s slide south to the ‘Land Down Under’.

6. Whitehaven Beach

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Australia is popular worldwide for its kangaroos, koala bear, Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and many others. It also contain some of the best beaches in the world like Whitehaven Beach, a lovely place that is unique for its sand which is almost 100% pure silica giving it a bright sparkling white color.

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For the record, the white sands of Whitehaven Beach were used in the construction of the world renowned Hubble Telescope. All of the sand of this 6 kilometer beach stretches along the Whitsunday Island is made up of coral from the Great Barrier Reef.

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When coral broke off in storms, it turned white as it died, then was deposited on a small mound under the waves. Over millions of years, more dead coral piled up and rose above the sea and turned into some of the purest white sand.

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The beach is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

7. Hayman Island

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Still in Queensland, Australia, another world-class beach destination is Hayman Island. This lovely island which is part of Whitsunday Island is most famous for its luxury resort.

8. Port Douglas

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One of Australia’s best towns is Port Douglas. This beautiful coastal town in Far North Queensland is popular for its clean sandy beach. As of 2006, the town’s population was a mere 948 people.

9. Trunk Bay

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Caribbean, over the past decades, is consistently one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. One of its many splendid beaches is located on the US Virgin Island.

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The beach resort of Trunk Bay on St John is one of the best beach resorts in the world. It is actually one of the “10 Best Beaches in The World” and according to the National Geographic Society, Trunk Bay is the “most beautiful beach in the world”. The beach has underwater trail and coral reef which are popular for snorkeling.

10. Eagle Beach

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Another beautiful and world-class beach resort in the Caribbean is the Eagle Beach, a beach located on Aruba’s capital – the City of Oranjestad. Eagle Beach has soft white sand and has been rated one of the best beaches in the world.

11. Bora Bora

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Bora Bora in the Pacific Ocean is a world renowned beach resort destination. It is notable for the lagoon and reef barrier that surrounds it.

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Matira Beach and Lagoon

One of the most popular destinations in Bora Bora Island is Matira Beach and Lagoon. The area within and around the lagoon is perfect for snorkeling and scuba diving.

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Scores of bungalows on stilts over the lagoon have been built. Mount Otemanu is on the background.

Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort

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Another beautiful resort in the island is Bora Bora Pearl Resort. The island of Bora Bora is mainly dependent on tourism.

Although Oludeniz Beach is not an island, I included it on the list for its exceptional beauty.

***12. Oludeniz

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Turkey is one of the most visited countries in the world because of its many attractions like Hagia Sophia, Cappadocia and many others. One of many splendid beaches in the world is located on this country that belongs to Asia and Europe – the Oludeniz or Dead Sea Beach in Mugla Province. This small resort village is situated on the Aegean Sea.

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The blue lagoon of Oludeniz is a national nature reserve and building is strictly prohibited. With its astounding shades of turquoise and aquamarine, the resort is one of the most photograph beaches in the Mediterranean. The place is also rank as one of the best places in the world to paraglide because of its scenic views. Oludeniz Beach Resort is among the top 5 best beaches in the world.

See also

 

The Top Five Island Tourist Destinations in the Philippines

The World’s Most Unique Beaches

The Most Beautiful and World-Class Beach Resorts

The Top Five Best Beaches in the World

 

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10 Comments

Christine Ramsay

Nov 2nd, 2009

A fantastic and beautifully illustrated article.

Christine

Juancav

Nov 2nd, 2009

Impressing colors of the waters.

Goodselfme

Nov 2nd, 2009

You have done a wonderful job presenting these great spots.TX

Alexa Gates

Nov 2nd, 2009

Those are absolutely beautiful!! I want to go there!@

Joe Dorish

Nov 2nd, 2009

Beautiful places always wanted to go to Bora Bora.

Teves

Nov 2nd, 2009

Good stuff…

Eunice Tan

Nov 2nd, 2009

VERY ENTERTAINING ARTICLE. THE BLUE OF SEA AND SKY REALLY MAKE RELAX.

PR Mace

Nov 3rd, 2009

Excellent article. You make me want to lay on the sand on a sunny day.

Mr Ghaz

Nov 3rd, 2009

Great article with wonderful photographs..I liked it..Thanks for sharing :)

papaleng

Nov 3rd, 2009

very interesting post. Thogh summer is 5 months away, paghahandaan ko na , to experience having a vacation in one of these beautiful places.

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