World's Most Secret Islands

さすが12月、というべきか。あたりまえなのか。
師走は急激に寒くなる。
スキー場もオープンしだす。
温かいものが食べたくなる。

話は変わりますが、Yahoo!トラベルにて発表された、「World’s Most Secret Islands」て記事よみました？
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-40878721

U.S. travelerにとっての秘島というか、平均的な旅行者にとって知られていない場所が10箇所発表されていました。ダイビングとは限っていないものの、このあたりが旅行者の憧れな素敵な地域みたいです。

さすがに日本から遠いアメリカ本土。選ぶところがちょっと違いますな。東南アジアはタイ、シンガポールのみ。ミクロネシアはコスラエが8位に。やっぱり遠くてもコスラエは行っておくべきか。

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Madeline Island
Location: Lake Superior, just off Wisconsin
Size: 14 miles long by three miles wide
Population: 300 year-round; 2,500 in summer

Tangier Island
Courtesy of Virginia Tourism Corporation Virginia
Location: U.S. Atlantic Coast, just off Virginia
Size: Three miles long by one mile wide
Population: 727

Staniel Cay
Courtesy of Brian Irwin
Location: Eastern Caribbean, Bahamas Out Islands
Size: Less than two square miles
Population: 80

Fernando De Noronha
Courtesy of Ricardo P. Alves via Flickr Creative Commons Attribution
Location: Western Atlantic, 220 miles off Brazil’s coast
Size: Seven square miles
Population: 3,012

Isle Of Mull
Courtesy of Wilderness Scotland
Location: Eastern Atlantic, off Scotland’s west coast
Size: 338 square miles
Population: 2,667

Pulau Ubin
Courtesy of Singapore Tourism Board
Location: South China Sea, off Singapore
Size: Four square miles
Population: 100

Koh Yao Yai
Courtesy of Koh Yao Yai Village Resort
Location: Andaman Sea’s Phang-Nga Bay, off western Thailand
Size: Approximately 38 square miles
Population: Approximately 8,000 (estimates vary)

Kosrae
Courtesy of Katrina Adams
Location: South Pacific in Micronesia
Size: 42 square miles
Population: 6,616

Ile de Re
Courtesy of Thinkstock/iStockphoto
Location: Atlantic Ocean, just off France
Size: 33 square miles
Population: 20,000 year-round; 130,000 in summer

Salt Spring Island
Courtesy of Salt Spring Island
Location: North Pacific, off British Columbia
Size: 70.5 square miles
Population: 10,500

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