4th Wildlife Viewing & Nature Tourism Academy

Join the city of Deltona for a thirty minute documentary that expresses Deltona’s story through human insight and the economics of nature tourism. This story will evaluate Deltona’s success and demonstrate Deltona’s solutions for developing ecological and economic development in smaller communities. The audience will be able to see how a community can identify its own unique ecological strengths, how these strengths can be honed and marketed for the community and tourists, and how to find financial resources for these projects. The documentary will include interviews with residents and staff that paint a picture of the past, present, and future of Deltona’s Nature Parks. Deltona’s Staff will express what has and hasn’t worked while examining any pitfalls that may occur when developing a city-wide ecotourism infrastructure.
One of Deltona’s unique features is that it is home to a variety of trail systems. Working with multiple partners, the trail system connects residents, neighboring communities, and tourists by giving them the opportunity to explore nature together. By engaging with individuals associated with the trail system, ecological parks, and Blueways Trails, we will visually demonstrate how focusing on features that we have helps us connect to Florida as a whole and how this brings our residents together to explore.