Where beautiful people holiday
BYRON Bay has natural beauty but it's the beach beauties that earned it global recognition.
BYRON Bay has natural beauty but it's the beach beauties that earned it global recognition.
A list revealing the top 25 most beautiful holiday hot spots ranked Byron Bay as the top Australian destination to look for love with an "attractive single".
It's ninth in the world ahead of St Tropez, the French Riviera, Prague, Barcelona and New York.
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At the top of the list is Trancoso, Bahia, in Brazil, followed by Laguna in California, then Grande Plage, Biarritz in France.
The top 25 included three locations in Italy, two in Spain, two in Sweden and a couple more in France, including Paris.
Compiled by BeautifulPeople.com - a social networking website for "attractive singles" - more than 30,000 of its members voted for the most popular places for good-looking people to relax and unwind.
The site's managing director Greg Hodge said active, sporty types were often the most attractive people - which is why Byron featured so prominently on the list.
"We anticipated more beach destinations, however a number of cities were also chosen, which surprised us," Mr Hodge said.
"We've used the data gathered from our global site to pinpoint the world's top beauty hot spots."
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