The Councillor for Tourism, Palazón Carolina, has collected this noon from the hands of Minister of Industry, Tourism, Enterprise and Innovation, J uan Carlos Ruiz, ten blue flags this year has been awarded the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), two more than in 2013, and begin to wave at coast in the coming days.
The event was held at the Real Club de Regatas de Santiago de la Ribera and have given him the 31 badges that were awarded to beaches and marinas in the region in 2014. Cartagena this time accounts for a third of total Flags are awarded to beaches in the region.
It follows six Mazarrón, Los Alcazares and he guilas five beaches each with three San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar with two;
plus two ports à eagles.
The new award winning beaches in the town of Cartagena has been the Flat and Playa Honda Island, in addition to those that were honored last year and kept its flag, which are the Cala del Pino, the beaches of Levante and Poniente Juvenile Islands, Mar de Cristal, Levante Beach in Cabo de Palos, Cala Cortina, San Ginés and Playa Paraiso.
To them the distinction that has been renovated to the Blue Trail Cabo de Palos-La Manga must be added.
With the distinctions obtained, Cartagena is located at the head of the Spanish Mediterranean municipalities in number of such awards that reward water quality, environmental management, safety and services for bathers.
Only in Galicia, the town of Sanxenxo has achieved most flags throughout Spain.
Palazón Carolina recalled that Cartagena is still the Spanish town with more prizes beaches, blue flags because we must add twelve Q Quality Cartagena granted to many other beaches.
The Councillor for Tourism believes that these distinctions should be understood as an endorsement of the work that the City performs maintenance throughout the year and at this time is doubled thanks to the efforts of municipal workers.
The quality Q are granted every year the Institute for Tourism Quality (ICTE) and requires not only possess the beaches and waters clean sands, but have the necessary security services, rescue, entertainment, information, cleaning, control bars and hygienic conditions on the beaches and facilities.
The beaches with this certification are San Ginés of Azohía, Cala Cortina, Minor Outlying Islands, Playa Honda, Mar de Cristal, Cala del Pino, Cavanna beach, Barco Perdido beach, beach Galúa, Playa de Levante beach The Gola and Paradise Beach.
The councilor has been accompanied in Santiago de la Ribera by the Director of Municipal Services Institute Coastal City of Cartagena (IMSEL), Gabriel Ruiz.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena