Last year, both Thai and foreign tourists took to the virtual highways and byways – and often the real ones – searching for Google’s best beaches. As the pandemic receded, the vigilant eye of Google Maps was goggling at you, benignly recording your every move, or so the corporation claims.
Google’s best beaches in Thailand are those with the most interactions on Google Maps in 2022. Some of the criteria for inclusion seem a bit weird.
Thailand’s beach are perhaps the country’s central tourist draw. Many people visit Thailand knowing next to nothing about the country except sand and palm trees. Google’s best beaches in 2022 were located in six provinces Chon Buri, Krabi, Phuket, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Rayong and Surat Thani.
Few surprises there.
The surprised comes when we see the list of Thailand’s top beaches is headed by the breathtakingly…
