White sand, pristine beaches and crystal clear water have helped a remote beach in Queensland's Whitsundays to be named as one of the best beaches in the world, according to travellers. <\/p>\n
Tourism website TripAdvisor has released its list of the best beaches worldwide for 2014 as chosen by its users, and Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island in tropical north Queensland has made it into the top five. <\/p>\n
Two West Australian beaches - Turquoise Bay in Exmouth and Broome's Cable Beach - also made it into the world's top 25 beaches, coming in at 20th and 22nd respectively. <\/p>\n
The results were based on ratings and reviews contributed to the website by travellers over a 12-month period. <\/p>\n
Out of the top 25 beaches in Australia, Shelly Beach in Sydney came in fourth, Burleigh Heads in Queensland was rated fifth and Manly in Sydney placed seventh. <\/p>\n
According to research from Tourism Queensland, the Whitsundays region hosted 671,000 domestic and international visitors in the year ending September 2013. <\/p>\n
Queensland Tourism Industry Council chief executive Daniel Gschwind says Queensland should be proud of its beaches, and Whitehaven Beach is remarkable. <\/p>\n
\"It's the outstanding natural beauty of it, the blue, the coastline, the sand... the bay that's immediately adjacent to the beach with the estuary of the river that flows into the ocean there,\" he said. <\/p>\n
Whitsunday Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and is a National Park itself. <\/p>\n
Mr Gschwind says the cooperation between tourism operators and government authorities has allowed the beach to retain its untouched character. <\/p>\n
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