Silwana, Holdnald Leslie Simphiwe2025-06-242025-06-242013-09Silwana,H.L.S.(2013).Blue Flag Beaches in the Eastern Cape: Implications for Tourism, the , Environment and Socio-economy.Alice.University of Fort Hare.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/2921Masters ThesesThe Blue Flag programme in South Africa is managed by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The main objective of the Blue Flag is to improve the understanding of the coastal environment and to promote the incorporation of environmental issues in the decision making process. Blue Flag programmes promote sustainable development in fresh water and marine areas and this programme challenges the beach operators and Municipalities to achieve high standard of water quality, environmental education and information, environmental management and safety and services. The _study seeks to investigate the effects of the Blue Flag award on the environment and tourism at selected Eastern Cape beaches.enSOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics::Human geography, economic geography::Economic geographyThesis