EVENTS

The Blue Flags for 2024, the international environmental quality symbol awarded to organised beaches, are flying on 13 beaches in the Municipality of Chania. These beaches meet the strict criteria set by the programme, such as the suitability and purity of the waters of the coast, the safety of the swimmers, etc.

The process of placing the Blue Flag has been completed in all the beaches of the Municipality of Chania with the latest, the Blue Flag at Vlite, to be placed on Wednesday 17/7/2024, by the Deputy Mayors of Tourism, Nektarios Psaroudakis, Environment, Greenery and Cleaning, Michalis Tsoupakis, and Local Economy and Development, Yannis Nikiphorakis. The President of the Local Community of Souda, Dimitris Klothakis, was also present at the Blue Flag ceremony.

It should be noted that the beach of Vlite "passed" a test stage in the past two years, with extensive and strict inspections, before it was officially awarded the Blue Flag, certifying that it meets all the requirements and criteria.

Mr. Psaroudakis in his statements stressed: "with the addition of the Blue Flag on the beach of Vlite completed the award-winning beaches throughout the coastal front of the Municipality of Chania with blue flags, which certify the quality of the waters and with equipment that ensures safe access to the beach."

Mr.Tsoupakis, responsible for issues of the Municipal Unit of Souda, stressed: "now the Municipal Unit of Souda has a Blue Flag beach, the beach of Vlite in Souda, which has great development and has been embraced by all the residents of the area."

Finally, on his behalf Mr. Nikiforakis noted: "As a municipal authority we do not stop to provide our beaches with the appropriate equipment, with our crews have taken care to place new changing rooms, corridors and additional waste and recycling baskets but also to ensure that there are accessibility conditions at all the beaches of our municipality, with the presence of mobile seats for disabled people (SEATRACK) but also separate JOB type seats".

Indeed, as said Mr. Nikiforakis, filed this year on behalf of the Municipality of Chania request for the placement of 4 more new self-propelled seats for the disabled (SEATRACK), so that even more beaches in the municipality to have the equipment that will ensure comfortable access to the sea for people with disabilities.

The beaches, where the Blue Flags for this summer season were posted are: 7 in the District of Nea Kydonia: Golden Beach, Agii Apostoli (2 spots), Kalamaki,

Stalos, Agia Marina (2 spots), 4 in Akrotiri District: Ag. Onoufrios, Kalathas, Stavros, Marathi, 1 in the district of Chania: Nea Chora and 1 in the district of Souda:Vlites.