More Dominican Beaches Grab “Blue Flag” Recognition

The international certification “Blue Flag” was given to two more Dominican beaches, which helps consolidate Dominican Republic’s competitiveness as a tourism destination.

Blue Flag is an international environmental certification granted to beaches that meet the sanitary standards of quality bath water, information and environmental education, access and services, safety and cleanliness.

The beaches that have met all of the international program’s criteria, through the work coordinated between the National Competitiveness Council (CNC), the Puerto Plata and Samaná clusters, and the Dominican Republic Environmental Law Institute (IDARD), are Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata (north), and Corson, Samaná (northeast). Dominicus-Bayahibe, in La Altagracia province, (east) was the first beach to be given the distinction.

“Blue Flag is the only beach and coastal zone management program in the country, which will provide Dominican beaches with a suitable and focused use and sustainable vision,” said CNC adviser Jaime Moreno, quoted by the newspaper Hoy.