With Spring Break and the upcoming travel season almost upon us, we know our partners and community stakeholders are fielding a lot of questions about the beach.
How do the changes along the beach affect our incoming visitors and residents?
The Walton County Tourism Department is gearing up to launch a multi-media awareness campaign that provides the necessary information for visitors and locals alike to plan their stay.
The hub of the campaign is an easy-to-navigate interactive map on visitsouthwalton.com. By typing in an address, the visitor will be able to find the nearest County-owned/public beach access — these can be our Regional Beach Accesses or Neighborhood Beach Accesses, our state parks, and bay and lake access points — as well as privately-managed beaches, which include resort areas/neighborhoods like Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach and Seaside.
Walton County’s 26-mile shoreline has always had a mixture of public and private beachfront, much of which is county-owned. Despite some of the changes along the beach, it’s important to note that beachgoers can traverse the wet sand area along the entire 26-mile shoreline.
This geo-locator interactive map more clearly depicts between county-owned public beach and privately-managed beach and gives detail on how and when these may be accessed.
In the next few weeks digital and social messaging will go out to future and current visitors speaking to beach access and encouraging them to check the map to see where they can access the beach.
The tourism department is also working on signage with detailed access information (via a QR code) that can offer beach-side clarity to anyone with a mobile phone.
We understand the importance of the guest experience within our community and as we rollout the map and signage, we also understand the importance of getting this information to our incoming visitors and potential visitors.
Our accommodation partners are going to play a pivotal role in helping us communicate — both in the booking phase and prior to the stay — how their guests can access the beach. Upon launch, we’ll be asking for all of our partners to share a link to the interactive map on VisitSouthWalton.com with their guests.
We all want the same thing — for our visitors to come and stay along our incredible, sugar-white sand beaches, making memories and enjoying quality-time with family and friends.
Working together, we can ensure our visitors have everything they need to prepare for their stay. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if we can answer any questions.
https://marketing.visitsouthwalton.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/42551/p/p-00ff/t/page/fm/0
How do the changes along the beach affect our incoming visitors and residents?
The Walton County Tourism Department is gearing up to launch a multi-media awareness campaign that provides the necessary information for visitors and locals alike to plan their stay.
The hub of the campaign is an easy-to-navigate interactive map on visitsouthwalton.com. By typing in an address, the visitor will be able to find the nearest County-owned/public beach access — these can be our Regional Beach Accesses or Neighborhood Beach Accesses, our state parks, and bay and lake access points — as well as privately-managed beaches, which include resort areas/neighborhoods like Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach and Seaside.
Walton County’s 26-mile shoreline has always had a mixture of public and private beachfront, much of which is county-owned. Despite some of the changes along the beach, it’s important to note that beachgoers can traverse the wet sand area along the entire 26-mile shoreline.
This geo-locator interactive map more clearly depicts between county-owned public beach and privately-managed beach and gives detail on how and when these may be accessed.
In the next few weeks digital and social messaging will go out to future and current visitors speaking to beach access and encouraging them to check the map to see where they can access the beach.
The tourism department is also working on signage with detailed access information (via a QR code) that can offer beach-side clarity to anyone with a mobile phone.
We understand the importance of the guest experience within our community and as we rollout the map and signage, we also understand the importance of getting this information to our incoming visitors and potential visitors.
Our accommodation partners are going to play a pivotal role in helping us communicate — both in the booking phase and prior to the stay — how their guests can access the beach. Upon launch, we’ll be asking for all of our partners to share a link to the interactive map on VisitSouthWalton.com with their guests.
We all want the same thing — for our visitors to come and stay along our incredible, sugar-white sand beaches, making memories and enjoying quality-time with family and friends.
Working together, we can ensure our visitors have everything they need to prepare for their stay. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if we can answer any questions.
https://marketing.visitsouthwalton.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/42551/p/p-00ff/t/page/fm/0