The second Blue Flag International Jury meeting of 2025 took place this past September, and we’re proud to announce that 21 new sites have received the Blue Flag award for the upcoming season in the Southern Hemisphere.

These sites join the previously awarded beaches, marinas, and tourism boats awarded by the International Jury in the Northern Hemisphere round that took place in April, for a total of 5216 sites awarded in 2025 (4323 beaches, 738 marinas, and 155 tourism boats) in 51 countries.

We would like to also congratulate the winners of the Best Practice competition for the Southern Hemisphere 2025/2026 International Evaluation. The final ranking is published here.

Once again, Blue Flag International thanks its valuable institutional partners EEA, ENAT, EUCC, ICLEI, ICOMIA, ILS, UNEP, UNESCO, UN Tourism, World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, CitiesWithNature, Climate Service Center Germany - GERICS, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, University of Aberdeen, IUCN and WCA for sharing their expertise.