Newfoundland houses shore
New Zealand coast island
Pembrokeshire coast town
Chile coast tourist
Hawaii coast sea Kauai
Muscat fish dock
British Columbia beach totem
camels beach Australia
Nova Scotia shore boats
Pennan's cottages and boats on the Moray Firth at twilight
sea lions Argentina
restaurant Cinque Terre Italy
Namibia sand dunes
Oregon coast lighthouse
Cook Islands girls boat
Great Barrier Island cove water
field lupines Prince Edward Island
oak branches Georgia
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Newfoundland and Labrador: Avalon Peninsula (Score 84)Holding fast to their island rock, houses cluster on Newfoundland's rugged shore.Traveler's annual destination scorecard focuses on 99 coastal areas, from Italy to Mozambique. A panel of 340 experts in sustainable tourism and destination stewardship rates this geographically and culturally representative sample of the world’s waterside locales. This gallery represents the top-rated destinations. You can see the full list here.
Photograph by Barrett & MacKay, Corbis

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