10 Countries with the Best Beaches

2. Australia

Insider Monkey Score: 16

No. of Tourists in 2022: Over 2 million

Australia has over 16,000 miles of coastline, and almost 80% Australians live within sixty miles from one of the nation’s 12,000 beaches – If you visited one beach per day, it would take more than 32 years to see them all.

Australians are enthusiastic travelers and love to explore their own backyard. Increased domestic demand during the pandemic has continued, and in 2022, overnight and day trip spending by domestic tourists surpassed pre-pandemic levels.