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Benefits of Discover Devon Naturally - Visitors, Residents and Environment

This section gives you the low-down on the bottom-line benefits for the environment, for visitors and for Devon Citizens.

Benefits to the Environment:
- Raising visitor awareness, changing perception as to the value of our environment. Influencing their behaviour when they visit and encouraging use of sustainable tourism products and services.
- Encouraging and rewarding businesses for becoming more environmentally friendly: using less energy, less water, reducing waste and using more locally sourced products. Preparing our industry with the knowledge of a future where the environment will continue to play one of the biggest influences market and operating conditions.
- Positioning Devon central to the Sustainable Tourism Agenda and Devon County Council's objective to make Devon the greenest county in England.
- Spreading the impact on the environment across the whole year.

Benefits to the Visitor:
- Cleaner, greener more beautiful environment and businesses.
- Out-of-Season Devon
- Devon beyond the traditional holiday
- Devon experienced through a range of experiences and activities
- Car Free Days Out
- Information on the wealth of natural and historic assets across Devon and the means to explore them.
- A one-stop shop, focal point for information on what to see and do in Devon. Kept up to date and relevant.

Benefits to the Devon Resident:
- Economic, Environmental benefits that the tourism trade and visitors bring to Devon in order to maintain and enhance the social prosperity of Devon.
- Also a great source of information for the Devon tourist.