"Blue Flags": Greece at the second position in the World

Greece has won second place in the world among 48 countries in terms of the cleanest beaches. In fact , Creece “won” 394 blue flags for its beaches and 9 for other marinas.

The award was presented by the International Commission for Environmental Education (FEE) and the results were announced at Thursday  by the Greek Society for the Protection of Nature (HSPN), which is the National Operator of the International Program "Blue Flag" .

The International Environmental Education is an international organization that has headquarters in Denmark and has 63 countries - members. For 2012 specifically, awarded 3179 beaches and 659 marinas worldwide.

The territories  that “won”  the most Blue Flags in 2012 in Greece is still Lassithi and the Dodecanese, with 40 beaches and 37 respectively.

In Halkidiki, the flag will be flown at 35 beaches (ie 5 more than last year).

At the municipal level remains the first 35 winners Corfu coast, Rhodes second and third with 32 to 25 Chania.

Here are the 18 Rethymno, Heraklion with 14, and 11 to Kefalonia.

The 9 marinas to accommodate the blue flag, identified as follows: 2 in Chalkidiki, Attica 2, one in Corinthia, one on Corfu, one of Lasithi and finally one in Kos.

Note that the top of the list is Spain with 511 Blue Flag beaches and marinas in 92 others.

Source: www.247.gr