• One more year this badge certifies the quality of these port facilities and the environmental management carried out

Marina del Este again wears the Blue Flag on its premises. A recognition that guarantees the quality of both the facilities and the services that this nautical and port enclosure offers, as well as compliance with a number of environmental and sustainable conditions in the management of. They're already 25 Years, although not continuously, the ones that this award waves in Marina del Este.

The flag-eding event was attended by representatives of public bodies such as Daniel Barbero, Councilor of Tourism and Beaches of the City of Almuñécar or Felipe Puertas, Director of the Tourism Board, as well as civil guard sePRONA agents, the biologist at the University of Malaga, Elena Bañares, customers and friends at the marina. All of them wanted to accompany the managing director of the Mediterranean Marines Group, Manuel Raigón; The Group's Chief Operating Officer, Alejandro Suanes and part of the Navy team.

Moment of the Blue Flag Hoist 2019 in the East Navy

Manuel Raigón wanted to thank all the staff of the marina and companies that are part of this venue "for the job well done" and has stated that "this recognition is a lot of effort but also a great satisfaction because we adhere to the legality and environmental quality demanded".

After the act of the flag hoisting, an informative talk has taken place by Elena Bañares, department of Botany and Plant Physiology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Malaga, about marine sites of special environmental interest in the marina environment of Marina del Este, as well as existing protected species and rules of use in the places where they are regulated.

The recognition of the Blue Flag is granted by the European Foundation for Environmental Education (Fee) and the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (Adeac) more than 30 years in recognition of environmental quality and are awarded following a comprehensive analysis of ADEAC technicians on safety conditions in the facilities, environmental and water quality, sustainable management, the services offered to the user, social integration, as well as the dissemination and formative work of each port.

Post-Blue Flag briefing in Marina del Este