The city beach of Cala Cortina was the place chosen for the symbolic act of hoisting blue flags and quality Q that have been awarded this year to the municipality of Cartagena.
With a total of eleven flags port city is well established as the municipality with more blue flags of the country, sharing the honor with the Galician town deSanxenxo.
The councilor for the Treasury and Interior, Francisco Aznar;
together with the Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez;
They have been responsible for hoisting the flags in a ceremony in which they have been accompanied by the Chief Fire Cartagena, Francisco Gomez.
According to the mayor of Tourism, beaches getting these distinctive stand out for the environmental quality of its beaches, environmental education and information, services and facilities, safety and quality of its bathing water.
In this final section, the Councillor of Tourism stressed that the Ministry of Health performs bi-weekly analytical in the waters of the beaches of the municipality to ensure quality and all quality is optimal.
Obdulia Gomez took the opportunity to remember that times of rescuers are in sight of everyone in the information panels and has appealed to the responsibility of bathers when respecting the color of the flags each day up depending on state of the sea.
Gomez recalled that before imprudent to warn the local police so that they require swimmers to leave the water and these reckless acts can bring fines pairings.
In story to the forecast influx of tourists and visitors to the beaches of the municipality of Cartagena they are very encouraging and, in the words of the Councillor for Tourism, expected to be better than in previous years.
For its part, the mayor of Public Safety has said that the matter is solved in an attempt to huelgapor part of the Civil Defence volunteers.
Aznar received them in his office to meet their reivindicaiones that focused, according to the council, in improved insurance that covers them and charging diets in due time.
A question from journalists, Francisco Aznar said that the special device that is being carried out in lazona Cabo de Palos to avoid the bottle has been effective over the past two weekends, but, according to the mayor, do not take the bells ringing, you have to see how runs the summer and expect young people to enjoy a responsible leisure.
Q BLUE FLAGS AND DISTINCTIVE QUALITY
A total of 11 beaches have the blue flag with the newly awarded to the beach El Cuartel de La Azohía.
The latter at Pine Creek and standard bearers, Levante and Poniente best Islands adds, Mar de Cristal, Cala Cortina, San Gines, Levante Cabo de Palos, Isla Plana, Honda and Paradise Beach.
As for distinctive quality Q, the municipality is the most distinctive received by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality with 12 flags in the Cala del Pino, Mar de Cristal, Levante (Cabo de Palos), Cala Cortina beaches San Ginés de la Azohía, Minor Outlying Islands, Galúa, Cavanna, La Gola, Playa Honda, Playa Paradise Lost Ship (Entremares) Lost Ship (Sirens) and Lost Ship (Zeus).
In addition, Obdulia Gomez stressed that Cartagena has been honored with two Senderos Azules.
Remember that the blue trails are routes and landscape features or ports that link beaches Blue Flag and positively contribute to the sustainable use of the coast.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena