Posts tagged holidaymakers
Cleanest beaches in the EU
Jun 30th
The tourist boards of countries in the European Union (EU) who have ‚Blue Flag Awards‚ will be highly promoting their beaches this summer to attract more holidaymakers.
Spain currently has the highest number of Blue Flag beaches, with 495. Followed by Greece (mainland) and the Greek islands have 425 Blue Flag beaches.
Blue Flag Awards take into account the following criteria when rating beaches worldwide:
‚ Cleanliness
‚ Safety and services
‚ Amenities
‚ Environmental standards
‚ Water quality
In total there are 2633 awarded beaches and 620 awarded marinas worldwide.
Great beaches as well as accommodation, flights, budgets to name but a few are some of the factors holidaymakers consider when deciding upon which destination to travel to whilst booking beach holidays.
Temperatures soar in the Canaries
Jun 24th
As the UK is enjoying a spell of hot weather and hoping it will continue through to the end of summer, the Canary Islands are reporting temperatures which are soaring.
Tenerife is experiencing 30 degree heat and above.
Lanzarote reported a peak of 26 degrees Celsius late last week.
Gran Canaria‚s temperatures were topping 28 degrees.
Fuerteventura had highs in the early 20‚s.
News in the Sun reported; “The Spanish Met Office say this will be a hot summer, but no more so than in previous years.
UK holidaymakers heading to the Canaries will surely be hitting the pool side or the beach to make the most of hot sun whilst on their summer holidays in the next couple of weeks.