Dhaka, Feb. 1 -- For most travelers, a beach holiday means calm waves, warm sand, and the sound of the sea. However, on one Caribbean shoreline, the experience comes with a roar so loud it can shake your chest - and a sight so dramatic it feels unreal. At Maho Beach on the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean (not to be confused with Bangladesh's St Martin's Island), commercial airplanes fly so low overhead that visitors instinctively duck.

Located just beside Princess Juliana International Airport, Maho Beach has become one of the most unusual tourist attractions in the world. The airport's runway begins only a narrow road away from the shoreline, leaving pilots with very little space to descend. As a result, aircraft pass directly o...