The perversion of paying to have a blue flag. Some of these awards are allegedly paid by the companies that contract beach cleaning. In any case, Tenerife without beaches has more distinctions than the south of Gran Canaria. By putting things in order not to give the south of Gran Canaria its historical recognition, they have come up with the fact that a kind of 70-meter breakwater without permission prevents Tirajana from having that piece of blue fabric in the coastal areas. While in Tenerife there are ravines called beaches, mostly artificial, the natural ones of Meloneras and San Agustín are left without that supposed high distinction.
The Department of Beaches and Coastal Care believes that having a blue flag is something serious. "It has no reason to exist, since we have lost a flag on a beach that is better than ever, with access for people with reduced mobility, with renovated information panels, with renovated showers and footbaths, due to a complaint that has not been resolved. nowhere and that does not have a firm response. Of course, "it is not coherent" as long as "there is no firm sanction regarding that sanctioning file, that fact is used to remove a flag."
For its part, AV from the PP says that it is regrettable that the south of Gran Canaria has lost those blue rags on the southern coasts of Gran Canaria that no one pays attention to when booking vacations in the south of the island except for the officials who They are dedicated to organizing conferences, events and seminars on sustainability in tourism.
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