The Blue Flag accreditation denotes high levels of cleanliness and sustainable action at resorts.
The number of Blue Flag tourist ports also rose by 1, with Italy now totalling 82 across the country.
Liguria has the most Blue Flag resorts, with 32 to its name, followed by Campania, Tuscay and Puglia, which ranked joint second, with 18 Blue Flag resorts each.
In sadder news, five resorts lost their flags.
Around 14 new entries made it onto the list, including: Alba Adriatica in Abruzzo, Caulonia and Isola di Capo Rizzuto in Calabria, Ispani in Campania, Riccione and San Mauro Pascoli in Emilia Romagna, Porto Recanati in Marche, Cannobio in Piedmont, Castro, Rodi Garganico and Ugento in Puglia, Budoni in Sardinia, Furci Siculo in Sicily, and Pietrasanta in Tuscany.
The accreditation scheme was launched in 1987 in a bid to monitor the impact on water quality, environmental education and management in resorts surrounding beaches and marinas.
