Bournemouth beats Phuket in TripAdvisor ‘Top 25 Beaches – World’ rankings

The Phuket News

 

Bournemouth Beach in England has beaten every beach in Phuket and the surrounding region in TripAdvisor’s 'Top 25 Beaches – World' rankings. Photo: TripAdvisor

 

PHUKET: Not a single beach in Phuket or the surrounding region has made it into the “Top 25 Beaches – World” by TripAdvisor, announced today (Mar 2).

 

Claiming top spot was Grace Bay in Providenciales, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, followed by Baia do Sancho at Fernando de Noronha in Brazil in second place.

 

Third place went to Varadero Beach in Cuba.

 

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No surprise there.  Comes a time when the Phuket sewage discharge  catches up with Phuket ...

 

Only took 30+ years

I can hear some pipe dreams getting shattered..

Chinese will still come no worries.

Good news for a change. !

TATs click farm must've been caught off-guard on this one.

Time for the TAT to issue a new clean up tax called the Bournemouth tax on all foreigners !

Wasn't so long ago pictures of Scottish beaches were used to promote Thai ones.

Now TAT will do their own survey and the results will put Thai beaches at the top !

 

Without a shadow of doubt Thailand does have quite a few really beautiful beaches, but Phuket? I really cannot imagine how any of the beaches in Phuket can be in the Top 50 (never mind Top 25) beaches... (pause Jeremy Clarkson-style)... in the world!

Now I wait for the news:

Thailand's self installed PM suspects Gambia's Tourism Minister behind the ranking.

Lived in Bournemouth for 6 years, and yes the beach is very nice. It’s a shame you can only use it for about 1 week a year because it’s so f*#king freezing!

18 hours ago, lovelomsak said:

Chinese will still come no worries.

Hail a new effluent society.

19 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

No surprise there.  Comes a time when the Phuket sewage discharge  catches up with Phuket ...

 

Only took 30+ years

Its only been 65 years, since Bournemouth had a sewage discharge problem. 

57 minutes ago, GRIMMY said:

Lived in Bournemouth for 6 years, and yes the beach is very nice. It’s a shame you can only use it for about 1 week a year because it’s so f*#king freezing!

Very true!

When I think of Bournemouth I think of pensioners taking the sea air , so a bit like Phuket then .

But the Bournemouth water's cold and the massage not as hot.

The Philippines have the best beaches for me so far. Though I’m going to French Polynesia and the Cook Islands next October so I’m hoping to see the best beaches and scenery. Thailand could have beautiful beaches if they weren’t so dirty with foul water. They weren’t always like that ! 

 

19 minutes ago, geisha said:

Though I’m going to French Polynesia and the Cook Islands

Some of the best beaches and cleanest sea I have ever seen anywhere in the world are in the Cook Islands, so you are in for a rare treat.

So banning smoking and cigarette butts didn't really help? I knew it wouldn't. Suggest Thai authorities look for blame closer to home and leave farangs alone for a change!

They might hit the World Top 25, whenever there would be a ranking on smoke free beaches...

Totally ridiculous! Who voted - people who have never left England? I would call it more of a broad brown sand bank next to a cauldron of brown ice water.

I can believe it. Chaweng beach is covered inTar i saw myself the ferries dumping used oil into the sea coming back from donsak. although the sea looks great on a sunny day i have not been in for over 2 years rather use a swimming pool . many now are cleaning their feet and the tar is even in the resort toilets someone was scraping it of with a knife as it was left in the sink .  

2 hours ago, GRIMMY said:

Lived in Bournemouth for 6 years, and yes the beach is very nice. It’s a shame you can only use it for about 1 week a year because it’s so f*#king freezing!

yes, I am from Bournemouth, and have to agree with you on this one

Not been to the first two beaches but have been to place in third. Cuba has the cleanest beaches with the clearest water I have ever seen . Most of the ones I have seen in Thailand don't even come close .

Beats it for the snow this week too.

perhaps now the Thai authorities will realize that beaches and the surrounding water need to be kept clean

Unfortunately I can't really see that happening

I think it could have made the top 9,000 list, if someone was paid a sufficient amount to get them on the list. Want to talk about really spectacular beaches? There are so many spots with amazing beaches. Not sure if I have ever seen one in Thailand, that would make the top 500.

 

Tikehau Island, French Polynesia. Can't decide whether you want white- or pink-sand beaches? ... 

Dreamland Beach, Bali. ... 

Bathsheba Beach, Barbados. ... 

Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. ... 

Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda. ... 

Harbour Island, Bahamas. ... 

Blue Beach (La Chiva), Vieques, Puerto Rico. ... 

Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI.

Maipio Valley Beach, Big Island, Hawaii

Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos

Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas

Palm Beach, Aruba

Honopu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii