TravelBird has released its 2018 Beach Price Index, whichbreaks down the daily expenses of a seaside holiday at 327 of the most popularbeaches in over 90 countries around the globe to reveal which destination offerthe best value for money.
It looked at the price of six popular beach purchases,including the cost of sunscreen, a bottle of water, a beer, an ice cream,lunch, and facility fee, at each destination. The facility fee covers anypotential entrance fee to the beach, in addition to the cost of renting a sunlounger, or a beach chair, and an umbrella for one day.
These figures are based on statistics by local tourismagencies and data from the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
According to the rankings, Vietnam came first forcheapest beach holidays, while the world’s most expensive ones are found in thePacific region and Italy.
Of all the beaches, the three cheapest spots are inVietnam – Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An Ancient Town, the central province of QuangNam (13.44 EUR for all six items); City Beach in Nha Trang city, the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa (14.47 EUR); and Long Beach in Phu Quoc, theresort island of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang (16.03 EUR).
Cua Dai Beach, which is 7.6km long and about 5km from HoiAn's old quarter, is a popular destination for tourists visiting the ancientcity. It costs a holidaymaker about 2.07 EUR for 200ml of SPF 30 sunscreenbottle from a local store; 0.37 EUR for a 500ml bottle of water, 1.6 EUR for abottle of beer and 0.87 EUR for an ice cream on the beach.
Meanwhile, lunch, including a drink and dessert for oneperson from a beach bar or the closet establishments to the beach, typicallycost an average of 7.43 EUR and facility fee is at 1.10 EUR in average.
The beach was also named the world’s cheapest byTravelBird in 2016 and 2017.
For the most expensive, beach-goers must pay a total of78.57 EUR for all six items in Anse Vata Beach in Noumea, New Caledonia, aspecial collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is followedby Finale Ligure, Liguria in Italy (76.59 EUR) and Yonaha Maehama Beach,Okinawa in Japan (70.32 EUR). –VNA