An image depicting the blue seas and white sandy beaches of Harris has topped a VisitScotland list of the most popular pictures of the country on social media.

The photograph had the most engagement on the organisation's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts throughout summer 2016.

Mo Thomson's picture received more than 333,400 likes, shares, retweets and comments and even had many comparisons to the sunny beaches of the Caribbean.

Other destinations which made it to the top were Dunottar Castle in Stonehaven, Lunan Bay in Angus, Jedburgh Abbey in the Borders and St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney.

The majority of the images posted on the accounts are shared by visitors and lovers of Scotland.
Between April and September, VisitScotlands posts about Scottish destinations received more than 7.3 million likes, shares, retweets and comments.

VisitScotland chief executive Michael Roughead said: "The way that visitors access information about Scotland has changed dramatically over the past five years and our ambition is to reach more people than ever before with inspirational and exciting information about Scotland.

"We regard our social network followers very much as a community and we enjoy engaging with both our regular contributors as much as those who communicate with us for the first time."

He added: "We're delighted that these stunning images have topped the list of social media engagement and we hope that many more people will share their own treasured stories and images of all the beautiful regions across Scotland with us, so we can continue inspiring visitors for many years to come."