The Playa de Palma Hoteliers Association has expressed its indignation at the loss of two Blue Flags this year - one in Cala Estància, the other in Arenal. The loss of the flags, the association says, compounds "complaints from visitors due to the lack of services".
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Morgan WilliamsThere's a bit of seaweed on the beach and the beach hasn't got 500 sunbeds and parasols so that's upset someone. If the PP get in they'll probably do what they did in Malaga when they had blue flags taken away. Just invent their own grading system and say that all their beaches are 'excellent', which if you've been on the beaches there, you'll know that they are average at best.
It's not clear what this is about, but I suspect it has something to do with the Costas, who apparently could use a good slapping down. Or just abolish their authority and leave it up to the autonomous regions. They wield much too much power and yet are so distantly ignorant of the local communities they wield so much power over. It doesn't serve anyone in any positive way. Having said that, I have serious doubts about whether most tourists have the foggiest clue what a blue flag means.