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In January she helmed a successful search committee for a director of Murals of La Jolla, which currently has 17 commissioned murals on view around the seaside village.

Sandbanks tops the list as Britain's most expensive seaside location with an average house price of £965,708 in the area last year.

“Whether on the expansive seaside deck, the private rooftop patio, or by the fireplace of a central enclosed courtyard, the ocean breeze floats throughout the home with ease,” the description adds.

"I am not moving. I don't believe I can run from death," Roy Brown, speaking from the historic seaside area Port Royal in Kingston, told AFP.

The transformation of Sihanoukville, a once quiet little seaside resort, was even more extreme.