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Fact · Berneray

Berneray's beach was used to advertise Thailand

Berneray's beach was used to advertise Thailand
Photo Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0

In 2009 Thailand's tourist board advertised Kai Bae beach with a photograph of white sand and turquoise water. It was West Beach, Berneray. Nobody noticed until an islander did.

Berneray's West Beach, three miles of empty shell sand on the Atlantic side of the island, is easily mistaken for somewhere tropical. In 2009 it was reported that a photograph of it had been used to advertise Kai Bae beach in Trat Province, Thailand. The sea temperature is the giveaway.

Sources / notes: Wikipedia: Berneray, North Uist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berneray,_North_Uist

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