There Orange flag is a tourist-environmental quality mark awarded by the Italian Touring Club to small towns in the Italian hinterland (maximum 15,000 inhabitants) which stand out for their excellent offer and quality hospitality.
The idea was born in 1998 a Sassello (in Liguria), behind a regional authority's need to promote and enhance the hinterland. The TCI, therefore, developed an analysis model (called Territorial Analysis Model or MAT) to identify the first deserving locations. Subsequently, the brand was promoted nationwide, identifying small places of excellence in each region.
Currently (December 2020) the group includes 252 villages.
The project is the only Italian inserted by the World Tourism Organization (World Tourism Organization) among the programs successfully implemented for the sustainable development of tourism around the world.
The objectives
The main rules of judgment taken into consideration by the TCI for the assignment of the Orange Flag They are the following:
- the enhancement of local resources;
- the development of the culture of hospitality;
- the stimulation of craftsmanship and typical products;
- the impulse to local entrepreneurship;
- the strengthening of territorial identity.
The locations Orange flag
Northern Italy
Valle d'Aosta
Piedmont
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Liguria
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Lombardy
Trentino Alto Adige
province Common Photo / Banner Bolzano Campo Tures / Sand in Taufers 
Bolzano Vipiteno / Sterzing 
Trento Wing 
Trento Caderzone Terme 
Trento Ledro 
Trento Levico Terme 
Trento Molveno 
Trento Tenno 
Veneto
Friuli Venezia Giulia
province Common Photo / Banner Pordenone Andreis 
Pordenone Barcis 
Pordenone Frisanco 
Pordenone Maniago 
Pordenone San Vito al Tagliamento 
Udine Cividale del Friuli 
Udine Sappada 
Emilia Romagna
central Italy
Tuscany
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Umbria
province Common Photo / Banner Perugia Bevagna 
Perugia City of the Pieve 
Perugia Montefalco 
Perugia Montone 
Perugia Norcia 
Perugia Panicale 
Perugia Spello 
Perugia Trevi 
Perugia Vallo di Nera 
Marche
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Lazio
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Abruzzo
province Common Photo / Banner L'Aquila Civitella Alfedena 
L'Aquila Opi 
L'Aquila Scanno 
Chieti Fara San Martino 
Chieti Lama dei Peligni 
Chieti Palena 
Chieti Roccascalegna 
southern Italy
Molise
province Common Photo / Banner Campobasso Ferrazzano Isernia Agnone 
Isernia Roccamandolfi Isernia Frosolone 
Isernia Bachelors 
Campania
province Common Photo / Banner Avellino Zungoli 
Benevento Cerreto Sannita 
Salerno Morigerati 
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Caserta Letino 
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Puglia
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Basilicata
province Common Photo / Banner Matera Aliano 
Matera Valsinni 
Power Castelmezzano 
Power Perticara Guard 
Power San Severino Lucano 
Calabria
province Common Photo / Banner Catanzaro Tavern 
Cosenza Civita 
Cosenza Morano Calabro 
Cosenza Oriolo 
Reggio Calabria Bova 
Reggio Calabria Gerace 
Insular Italy
Sicily
province Common Photo / Banner Palermo Petralia Sottana 
Sardinia
province Common Photo / Banner South Sardinia Sardara .jpg/100px-Sardara_-_Panorama_(08).jpg)
Nuoro Galtellì 
Nuoro Gavoi 
Nuoro Oliena 
Sassari Aggius 
Sassari Tempio Pausania 
Oristano Laconi 
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Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Orange flag
