The Best Beaches of South Asia

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A recent survey ranks Goa’s Agonda beach as the third best in Asia

Daily Pioneer

In March 2014, TripAdvisor recently announced the winners of its Travellers’ Choice Awards for beaches and India turns out to have the [second and third best beaches in Asia. Additionally, India ranks second after Thailand as the country with the most number of winning beaches in Asia with six beaches having made it to the list. Thailand leads the way with eight winning beaches. Sri Lanka is the only other South Asian country with a beach in the Top 25.

The following is the list of the 7 Indian and Sri Lankan beaches that were voted among the top 25 in Asia, along with their ranks.

2 Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

3 Agonda Beach, Goa.

9 Cavelossim Beach, Cavelossim, Goa.

11 Varkala Beach, Kerala.

17 Mandrem Beach, Mandrem, Goa.

20 Mount Lavinia, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

22 Benaulim Beach, Benaulim, Goa.