ABSTRACT
By virtue of their high potential for recreation for both local and overseas tourism, bathing areas represent valuable national resources requiring effective management. At the same time that increased leisure enhances the desirability of such recreational areas, increased public awareness of health and safety issues and recreational opportunities raises expectations of quality and desire of choice, thereby raising the need for effective bathing area evaluation and management schemes. To date, most approaches consider single or a limited number of issues such as safety or health and fail to address the variety of bathing area types represented in the field.
