The blue flags fly against the crisis: here are the best beaches in Italy: there are 407 in 195 locations

However, with the complicated foreign tourism, but many airlines have announced the resumption or intensification of flights to and from Italy, from Qatar, which until May 18 will pay health professionals around the world 100,000 free tickets for Ryanair – the choice of origin destination will be even more important for recovery. In this sense, blue flags are an essential compass. This year, 195 municipalities have obtained recognition, with a positive balance of 12 new entries, from Diano Marina to Tremiti through Vico Equense, Tropea or Porto Tolle, and without exclusions. Among the most virtuous regions is Liguria, which rises to 32 locations, with two new entries (only Diano Marina together with Sestri Levante) and leads the national ranking against Tuscany with twenty locations (one new entry: Montignoso). Third place for Campania with 19 flags (including Vico Equense) and Marche with 15. Two more locations for Puglia (precisely Tremiti and Melendugno), which appears with 15 banners, while Sardinia reconfirms its 14 municipalities.

Going down in the ranking, Calabria emerges with 14 awards and three new entries (Rocca Imperiale, Tropea and Siderno), while Abruzzo remains at ten. The nine blue flags of Lazio have been confirmed and are united by Veneto thanks to the entrance of Porto Tolle. Emilia-Romagna remains stationary in seven places and is surpassed by Sicily, which rises to eight (adds Alì Terme). Basilicata with five locations, Friuli-Venezia Giulia with two and Molise with one. The lake awards also increased slightly, which overall have 18 flags this year thanks to Gozzano’s new entry into Piedmont (four total awards), with Trentino-Alto Adige detained at ten and Lombardy at one. There are 75 berths awarded.

Of course, it remains to remember that assigning the Blue Flag to a municipality does not automatically mean that all its beaches cannot boast of it. In fact, there are 407 beaches in the 195 involved, just over a couple per location. Therefore, tourists should also pay attention: it is possible to consult our maps in detail to understand which sections are actually selected and which ones meet the different requirements. However, according to the association, it is 10% of the beaches awarded worldwide.

As usual, the procedure is aligned with UNI-EN ISO 9001: 2015. Based on those criteria, the national jury evaluated the applications after a first review by the international panel. At the base are the analyzes carried out by the various ARPA, the regional agencies for the protection of the environment, in bathing waters, as part of the national monitoring program carried out by the Ministry of Health together with that of the Environment. Environment. They must be “excellent” in the past four years, based on samples also taken during the summer. The municipalities present the results directly to the NGO and, therefore, somehow “apply”, since what the fee requires for recognition corresponds to the parameters of Arpa in terms of the number of samples and microbiological indicators measured. What the Rate adds and puts in the system refers to everything else, that is, land management and environmental education with a view to sustainable tourism. Therefore, it ranges from sewage treatment plants to sewage connections, from waste management to general “habitability” in the summer (presence of bicycle lanes, pedestrian zones, green areas), through the improvement of Natural areas possibly included in the territory, the care of urban furniture and beaches and even the possibility of access to the sea for all without limitations. Without forgetting the level of the hotel facilities.

Fee has long insisted on one point: more than a prize, the Blue Flags are a path that encourages municipalities to improve on all these fronts. Just think of the “Fisheries and Environment” project developed in recent years in collaboration with the Ministry of Agricultural Policy, which aims to raise awareness of the world of fisheries on environmental issues and the improvement of local traditions.

“This year’s trend continues to be positive, the important jumps in the southern regions are also confirmed, I think of the three new entries in Calabria”, explains Claudio Mazza, President of Fee Italia, exclusively to Republic – Ours is a process, every year we ask the municipalities to improve very specific aspects. You can also proceed in small steps, the important thing is never to sit on your laurels. In this way, the administrators themselves grow in their awareness of the territory, discover strengths that perhaps they were not aware of, and our organization ensures that the municipal offices communicate with each other, which must work in synergy for the candidacy and that such Maybe they generally collaborate very little ”.

The health emergency linked to Sars-Cov-2 is not scary. For Mazza, for thirty years in Fee and ten president of the Italian section, “Blue Flag municipalities are the opposite of those that are most prepared and equipped for formations and organizations to guarantee distance and other security measures without compromising a good tourist experience. Precisely because for years they have been involved in a reorganization of their coasts and beaches that, in certain cases, has really changed the face of different places. ” In more than thirty years, the first international edition was in 1987, the same logic as the Blue Flag winners has changed: “Before, there was a tendency to celebrate recognition, over time a domino effect was activated: now Los Mayors of the awarded municipalities hope that the residents can also align with their environmental and reception standards. Everyone benefits. “Despite the coronavirus crisis, Mazza is optimistic:” The blue flags can be, more than before, a tool to revitalize the country. We will find the solutions, I imagine that I will also reject them according to the needs local, but the Italians will identify in these awards a better and more attentive guide to the sea than Italy. “

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