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The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment today announced the results of the European Commission's latest report on the quality of Europe's bathing waters, which was released today, Friday 9 June 2023. According to the report, Cyprus for 2022 is in compliance with the most stringent requirements of the Bathing Water Quality Management Directive and has fulfilled all its obligations under the Directive.
More specifically, for the 2022 bathing season, Cyprus received a 99.2% compliance rate with 119 out of 120 bathing water points classified as excellent quality while only 1 point has not yet received a classification due to limited sampling. This performance places Cyprus in the first place in Europe with the cleanest bathing waters. Austria is in second place with 96.9%, followed by Greece with 96.6% and Croatia with 95.6%.
For the 2022 bathing season, which ran from 1 May to 31 October, 120 bathing water sites were monitored throughout the coastal zone of free Cyprus on at least a monthly basis, and sampling was carried out before the start of the bathing season.
Swimming is an extremely popular and important recreational activity in Europe.
Swimming is an extremely popular and important recreational activity in Europe. The annual assessment of European bathing sites shows how well environmental protection measures are implemented, allowing citizens to make informed decisions about where to go to enjoy Europe's bathing sites.
The direct link between bathing water quality and health and the environment is self-evident. There is also a direct correlation between bathing water quality and tourism and therefore the excellent results are very important not only for the health of bathers and the environment but also for the economy of Cyprus, which is linked to the quality of our sea and tourism activity.
This success and first place, which honours Cyprus, is due to the excellent cooperation between the Environment Department, which has the overall responsibility for the implementation of the Directive, and the Health and Public Health Services
