The Most Beautiful Beaches in The World According to Instagram Users

Kelingking Beach located on the west coast of Nusa Penida Island, Klungkung Regency, Bali, Indonesia.

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With the progress of the vaccination campaign, tourism is gradually picking up and bookings for stays, abroad or close to home, are exploding for the first time since the start of the pandemic. According to the latest figures from TripIT, California, Hawaii and Florida are among the top summer destinations for American tourists.

At the same time, financial site Money.co.uk recently revealed its list of the world's best beaches, analyzing over 26 million hashtags on the most popular beaches and calculating how many Instagram posts have been shared by meter (based on the length of each range).

Here is the list of the 20 best beaches in the world according to Instagram users:

1. Kelingking Beach, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia: 4227 photos per meter of beach;
2. Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia: 1776 photos per meter of beach;
3. Railay Beach, Krabi, Thailand: 587 photos per meter of beach;
4. Tropea, Calabria, Italy: 423 photos per meter of beach;
5. Shipwreck Bay (Navagio Beach), Zakynthos, Greece: 403 photos per meter of beach;
6. Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, United States: 345 photos per meter of beach;
7. Tenby North Beach, Pembrokeshire, Wales: 343 photos per meter of beach;
8. Praia do Camilo, Lagos, Portugal: 325 photos per meter of beach;
9. Boulders Beach, Cape Town South Africa: 323 photos per meter of beach;
10. Blue Point Beach, Ungasan, Bali, Indonesia: 287 photos per meter of beach;
11. Cala Saona, Formentera, Spain: 282 photos per meter of beach;
12. Margate Beach, Kent, England, United Kingdom: 265 photos per meter of beach;
13. Cala Goloritzé, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy: 248 photos per meter of beach;
14. Freedom Beach, Phuket, Thailand: 247 photos per meter of beach;
15. Cala Gat, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca, Spain: 246 photos per meter of beach;
16. Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, Canada: 246 photos per meter of beach;
17. Lanikai Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, United States: 246 photos per meter of beach;
18. Bal Harbor Beach, Miami, Florida, United States: 239 photos per meter of beach;
19. Durdle Door, Dorset, England, UK: 232 photos per meter of beach;
20. Sitges Beach, Barcelona, ​​Spain: 175 photos per meter of beach.

To get these results, the Money.co.uk teams combed through over 26 million hashtags on the world's most popular beaches. They then used Google Maps to calculate the length of each beach and determine the number of posts shared on Instagram per meter of beach. Thus, the beaches with the highest number of publications per meter of beach were judged to be the most beautiful.

Whatever beach you plan to pack your bags at this summer, don't forget to find out about the health measures in place in each country, as the pandemic is still here and conditions can change quickly. (forbes)