Trip Advisor has a top ten beaches of the U.S. list out, and Florida has been knocked out of the top spot.
Hapuna Beach, located on the north Kona coast on Hawaii Big Island, takes the top spot this year, while Siesta Key in Florida took the silver medal.
Casey Brogan, senior communications specialist at Tripadvisor, told CNBC that a Florida beach had finished first in the last eight polls.
“So for Hawaii to pass it, this is actually the first time Hawaii has had the number one beach in the U.S. since 2014,” he said.
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Tripadvisor determined its 2022 awards by measuring the most highly-rated and reviewed beach destinations on the website between Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2021, CNBC said.
Hawaii actually copped four of the top 10 spots, with four islands represented. Here’s the full U.. best beaches list for 2022.
- Hapuna Beach, Hawai’i
- Siesta Key, Beach, Florida
- Poipu Beach Park in Po’ipu, Kauai, Hawaii
- Moonstone Beach in Cambria, California
- Kailua Beach Park in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii
- Driftwood Beach in Jekyll Island, Georgia
- Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, Washington
- Cannon Beach in Cannon Beach, Oregon
- La Jolla Cove in La Jolla, California
- Ho’okipa Beach Park in Paia, Maui, Hawaii
