BEACHMATTERS

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Grand Resort Beaches

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Beaches with several substantial hotels, full service along the sand, and enough space that the shore is still the main subject. Guests are the majority but the beach is not a corridor between buildings. The distinction from the strip is density and from the natural worlds is emphasis: several beaches in this world would still be recognisable with the hotels removed, but the hotels are why most people are there. Public access is a live question in this category and the register states the legal position and the practical one separately, because they frequently differ. Sand quality and water in this world are generally excellent, which is why the resorts were built there in the first place rather than the reverse. Public access paths exist between properties in most jurisdictions and are worth locating in advance.

Not to be confused with

Against Mega-Resort Strips: there the built line is continuous for kilometres. Against Palm-Fringed Island Beaches: if the beach would still be recognisable with the hotels removed, it belongs in the natural group.

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