Cancún leads Mexico with 53 Blue Flag awards for 2026–27
Mexico holds 80 certified beaches; Cancún is first worldwide for tourism boats.
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From Brazil's southern coast to Mexico's Caribbean resorts and the United States, national programmes at very different stages of growth.
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Malibu, Boca Raton and Delray Beach are the country's only certified sites.
Brazil confirms 60 Blue Flag sites, leading South America
Fifty beaches and ten marinas across five states; Santa Catarina leads.