41 countries are currently part of the blue flag programme: aruba, bahamas, belgium, brazil, bulgaria, canada, chile, croatia, cyprus, denmark, dominican republic, finland, france, germany, greece, iceland, ireland, italy, jamaica, latvia, lithuania, malta, montenegro, morocco, netherlands, new zealand, norway, poland, portugal, puerto rico, russia, romania, slovenia, south africa, spain, sweden, tunisia, turkey, united kingdom and united arab emirates