Abstract
Florida tourism is a $60 billion dollar industry, and heritage tourism, in particular, has become an important source of revenue for the state (Visit Florida® Research, Historic economic impact. Research, VisitFlorida.com. http://media.visitflorida.org/research.php, 2012). In an effort to revitalize Panhandle coastal tourism following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Florida Department of State’s Bureau of Archaeological Research (BAR) created the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail. This initiative addresses the current national focus of improving communities’ ability to recover from coastal disasters and of promoting responsible visitation to and management of their valuable historical resources. Visitors and residents alike may participate on the Trail through the interactive Trail Web site and social networking platform, and by obtaining the official Trail Passport. Each publication offers the public different ways to experience the Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail when next they visit northwest Florida.
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The Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail would not be possible without all our partners including Florida’s Division of Historical Resources, Florida State University’s Center for Interactive Media, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Florida Panhandle Archaeology Network, the Coastal Grant Management Program, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection, and all the local partners within each dive community throughout the Panhandle.
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Smith, L.S. (2014). The Florida Panhandle Shipwreck Trail: Promoting Heritage Tourism in the Digital Age. In: Scott-Ireton, D. (eds) Between the Devil and the Deep. When the Land Meets the Sea, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8178-2_10
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