Spain is still the country with the best beaches after obtaining a total of 729 ‘Blue Flags’ (621 beaches, 103 marinas and five tourist boats) that will wave from this June, 16 more than last year, being the Valencian Community the leading region in number of beaches with such a distinctive. In this way, the beaches of Spain, which this year have achieved six more ‘Blue Flags’, maintain the leadership at a world level that they reached in 1994, accumulating 15% of the total awards and followed by Greece and Turkey. As for marinas, which this year increased by seven, Spain is the third country, behind Holland and France.
Spain will have 729 blue flagss that will wave in a total of 250 municipalities, 103 marinas (7 more than last year), 5 boats sustainable tourism (3 more than last year) according to the list released this Wednesday by the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (Adeac), promoter of the initiative. again the Valencian Community It is the one that receives the most Blue Flags for its beaches: 139 (2 more than last year and four of which it achieves for the first time in its history) and 19 marinas in this region are added to them, three more than in 2021.
The tourism sector has managed to recover almost 100% of the pre-pandemic levelsand after a Holy Week where this growth has been ratified, forecasts point to a summer with hotel occupancies at 2019 levels. Tourism in the luxury sector, as well as apartments, campsites, or even flights register high demands , because after the lifting of the restrictions due to Covid-19, many citizens give in to the temptation of a getaway.
Andalusia is the Autonomous Community that experiences the greatest increase Looking ahead to the summer of this 2022 in number of beaches recognized with ‘Blue Flag’, which will shine in a total of 122, after adding an additional seven this year. Malaga is the province that leads in this section, with 36 beaches, followed by Almería, with 35, in a list updated this Wednesday and that as a novelty includes for the first time the recognition of a continental bathing area in Córdoba.
In total, adding marinas and sustainable boats, Andalusia gets 145 Blue Flags this year, as reported by the Association for Environmental and Consumer Education (Adeac) and highlighted by the Ministry of Tourism in a statement. Of this total, 122 distinctions correspond to beaches, 21 to marinas and two to sustainable boats, “which is the best data for the community since this mention was granted”.
Besides, the Valencian Community has revalidated its leadership and it has become, one more year, in the Spanish autonomy with more blue flags. The Valencian coast has 158 distinctions, 21.67 percent of the state total, which recognize the quality and services of 139 beaches (two more than last year) and 19 marinas (compared to 16 in 2021).
Total, four are the beaches that obtained the blue flag for the first time delivered by the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (ADEAC): l’Escullera and Marenyet, in Cullera; the beach of l’Ahuir, Gandia and Baladrar, in Benissa, have been included for their “excellent quality”, while that of Vivers, in Guardamar del Segura, recovers the award it lost in 2016. Regarding to the ports, three premiere the recognition of the ADEAC: the Nautical Club of Canet d’En Berenguer, the one of Benidorm and the Marina of the Salinas of Torrevieja, according to has informed the Generalitat in a communiqué.
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