AMMAN —
For the fifth consecutive year, the environmental “Blue Flag” was hoisted in
three locations managed by the Ayla Oasis development company in the Red Sea
port of Aqaba.
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The flag was raised
on Tuesday under the patronage of Nidal Al-Majali, the commissioner for Tourism
and Environment at the
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA).
The environmental
“Blue Flag” was raised at B12 Beach Club, La Plage Beach at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, and the Ayla Marina following tours carried out by a national committee
that recognized Ayla’s eligibility to obtain the International Certificate
(Blue Flag) and its compliance with international environmental standards.
Obtaining and
renewing environmental certificates for the fifth consecutive year comes as the
tourism sector picks up following a stagnation in the wake of the COVID-19
pandemic. The flag confirms
Ayla’s efforts and commitment to the environmental
and public health and safety measures as an example to follow in providing a sustainable
tourism product that adheres to environmental education and information,
environmental management, water quality, and public safety and service
requirements.
Ayla’s Managing
Director Sahel Al-Dudin expressed his happiness with this achievement, which
confirms Ayla’s commitment to implementing all criteria of the program because
it believed in the importance of obtaining this environmental mark. He said
that was a commitment to sustainability and preserving natural resources while
maintaining the health and safety of visitors and the information it provides
them and the local community.
The Blue Flag
program is one of the environmental educational programs of the Foundation for
Environmental Education, represented in Jordan by the
Royal Marine Conservation
Society for the Protection of Marine Environment. It grants beaches and
participating boat parks this certificate to achieve high standards in the four
categories of water quality, environmental management, environmental education,
and safety.
Dudin stressed that
since its establishment, Ayla has sought to be one of the best tourist sites,
committed to the sustainability of natural resources and in application of the
Sustainable Development Goals as well as the protection of diverse
environmental ecosystems. Thus, Ayla is one of the first regional projects of
the multi-purpose walled tourist community categories that raise the Blue Flag
at a number of their facilities.
The Royal Marine
Conservation Society of Jordan is the national operator of the Blue Flag
Program, working alongside the National Committee, which includes the ASEZA
Directorate of Environment, Directorate of Tourism and Ibn Hayyan Laboratories,
Health Directorate, Aqaba Tourism Directorate, Aqaba Development Company, and
the Royal Navy.
Mohammad Al-Tawaha,
the acting executive director of The Royal Marine Conservation Society, praised
Ayla’s commitment to environmental standards and its keenness to disseminate
them to their employees and visitors, especially since the beach Blue Flag is
one of the oldest environmental certificates in the world.
Tawaha indicated that raising the Blue Flag in three
locations in Ayla will promote Jordan as a tourist destination that prioritizes
the achievement of the sustainable development concept, preserves sources of
biodiversity, and reduces the consequences of climate change.
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