The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It is a well-known tourist attraction and earns an income of about $3 billion per year. One of the reasons that the Great Barrier Reef is so well known is because people value the sense of naturalness, beauty and remoteness. This is called Aesthetic value. From the air, the patterns of the reef islands and colours all accentuate the beauty of the reef. It is also commonly associated to the contrasting colours, forms of green islands, coastlines, sweeping white sand fringing reefs and patterns of blue water that are visible from above. And not just the landscape that is beautiful but some of the animals in the reef are beautiful and pleasant to look at. All in all, the Great Barrier Reef is a wonderful swirl of colour and an attractive place to go for any reason, maybe its for peace, maybe its for naturalness or just the typical sightseeing.