Solely 22 out of round 300 seashores on the Black Beach have been awarded a blue flag this 12 months. This represents 6-7% of their complete quantity, which is simply too small. That is what Stanimir Georgiev, Chairman of the Board of the Blue Flag Motion of Bulgaria, instructed the BNR. Based on him, “the steps we’re taking are very small, nonetheless very scary.”
The initiative ought to come from the concessionaire, who’s the true proprietor of the seashores, he defined.
“There are wonderful seashores that with little or no effort can enter this system and be licensed.” The process shouldn’t be troublesome, Georgiev emphasised. “He utilized earlier than the season. Adopted by doc checks, spot checks.”
“The Blue Flag is a regular, an eco-label, a worldwide award that’s given to seashores that meet a set of environmental necessities, grouped in a number of classes,” mentioned Stanimir Georgiev in this system “Earlier than All”.
The inspection of whether or not the standards are systematically met is finished sometimes through the season, together with a secret inspection technique, he mentioned. In some nations, such investigations finish with the issuance of flags, mentioned Georgiev.
Aside from the digital fame that comes with the award itself, it’s a actual advertising software, he mentioned.
In distinction, for 2023: 731 are Blue Flag seashores in Spain, 620 in Greece, 588 in Turkey and 68 in Croatia.
