Ireland ranked as one of the world’s most unspoilt landscapes

We rank higher than countries like New Zealand, Peru, and Norway.

Ireland has ranked in the top three most "unspoilt" landscapes in new research from walking holiday provider Inghams. We're in good company, beating out the likes of New Zealand, Greece, and Peru, and coming in just under Australia, who come second to the winning country, Iceland. In this study, more than 104,000 Instagram posts were analysed across the world, in order to reveal the places which are posted about as being "unspoilt". European countries dominate the top rankings, with 11/20 unspoilt countries coming from this continent.

Top 20 countries most often described as unspoilt on Instagram

1. Iceland
2. Australia
3. Ireland
4. Cyprus
5. Costa Rica
6. Tanzania
7. New Zealand
8. Peru
9. Greece
10. Georgia
11. Nepal
12. South Africa
13. Croatia
14. Albania
15. Kenya
16. Romania
17. Tunisia
18. Bosnia & Herzegovina
19. Norway
20. Portugal

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