After difficulties lobbying for the original proposed site at Ft. DeSoto Park, TAN has now begun reviewing a number of other possible clothing-optional beach locations in the Tampa Bay area, with the intent of selecting and lobbying for a viable location in 2008.
If you support our efforts to obtain a clothing optional beach in the Tampa Bay area, we highly encourage you to please print, sign and send in the Petition below. Even better, if you can, write a petition/letter in your own words based on our from. The only way we can succeed in obtaining a clothing optional beach is by showing tourism interests and government officials that the beach is wanted by both residents in the area and by tourist visitors that will be drawn to the area.
PETITION FOR A CLOTHING-OPTIONAL BEACH
IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA
To: Bay area tourism interests and government officials
As potential tourists or previous visitors to the area, we support the proposal of Tampa Area
Naturists, Inc. to establish a designated, family-oriented clothing-optional naturist beach in the
Tampa Bay area, such as a small section at Ft. DeSoto Park.
If you build it, we will come or extend our planned stay, to include a Clothing Optional Beach
Experience.
The closest such facility in Florida is at Canaveral National Seashores, requiring a drive of
several hours.
While common in European countries, naturist beaches are not so available in the United States.
The two largest in usage are at Gunnison Beach at Sandy Hook in New Jersey, and at Haulover
Park in Miami-Dade County. The latter, which has existed since 1991, is extremely popular with
residents, and generates hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism revenue annually.
The experience with these beaches shows that such facilities are extremely popular with
individuals of all ages and families, cause no secondary effects, and result in few if no
complaints if the proper signage is posted.
Naturism is a large niche market, and the 2006 YPB&R National Leisure Travel Monitor found
that 15% of U.S. travelers indicated nude recreation opportunities are %u201Cextremely desirable%u201D in a
travel destination; this percentage is even higher among younger Americans. Further, the
International Naturist Federation, with affiliates in 36 countries, estimates that there are 33
million naturists worldwide, with many looking for suitable vacation destinations each year.
Thank you for your consideration of our request.
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Please send petitions to: TAN, PO Box 923, Lutz, FL 33548-0923
