The City of Los Alcazares pose to the Commonwealth Tourism del Mar Menor (built by the municipalities of San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cartagena, Los Alcazares) the reinstatement of the beaches of the Mar Menor the recognition system as the Blue Flags .
Last year, all municipalities in the Commonwealth members (except for Cartagena) fully agreed not to perform the procedures for obtaining this mark and focus all efforts in maintaining standards of quality Q which gives Beaches ICTE (Institute for Quality Tourism in Spain).
They were therefore most of the beaches of Mar Menor without renewal of these flags.
The Municipal Corporation of Los Alcazares, in its plenary on Wednesday, unanimously agreed to transfer to the Commonwealth Tourism intend to retake the records to obtain the Blue Flag.
"We understood at the time that the Q for Quality is a more complete recognition and cautious, so we decided to focus on maintenance" - said the Councillor for Tourism, Isabel Montesinos, "Obtaining the two flags are not incompatible, although The Q has a much higher quality standards and the process of obtaining the Blue Flag is much less demanding, it is true that being older, are better known and popular among tourists. "
Montesinos said that "we will present the proposal at the next plenary session of the Commonwealth because we understand that it is not something we decide on our side as a town hall, but all members must go to the same effect as the guidelines to get to work momentum to the Mar Menor resort under the highest quality criteria. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares