Which Russian beaches were the best in 2018?

The Blue Flag is an international certificate awarded since 1987 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) to beaches and berths for compliance with the highest quality standards.

 

Currently, 4,554 such certificates have been issued. In the Russian Federation, the beaches of "Chaika", "Imeretinka-1", the beach named after Maurice Torez, the beaches of "Primorsky-1", "Radisson Blue", "Velvet Seasons" in Greater Sochi, in the Kaliningrad region - Amber Beach, in yalte - Massandra Beach.

 

What should be the main thing? The ecological situation should not cause complaints, rescue services and a medical post are required on the beaches.

 

Also, the beaches marked with the Blue Flag should be public, and for people with limited mobility it is necessary to provide ramps, comfortable descents, equipped changing rooms and showers.

 

Experts of the tourism industry are sure that the Blue Flags on hundreds of kilometers of the coast of Russia are required ten times more.

 

Sergey Domorat, head of the Sochi resorts department, said: “The forecast of revenues from the resort fee in 2018 in Sochi is more than 36 million rubles, due to which we plan to equip photo points for tourists, embankments and beaches.”

 

In the resorts of Russia began to monitor the purity of the water and coastal zone, the authorities prevent illegal runoff in the sea, fine tenants. Blue flags should eventually appear in other domestic resorts – you need to improve the quality of beaches and confirm this in Blue Flag International.

 

As part of the Blue Flag program, 33 criteria have been developed and approved for beaches, 30 are mandatory. It is necessary to pass 20 water samples for compliance with the necessary microbiological parameters.

 

Environmental Certificate can be obtained for one season and is monitored nationally and internationally.