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Parks Victoria - Annual Report 2009-10

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HEALTHY PEOPLEVISITOR EXPERIENCE<strong>Parks</strong> and waterways are for everyone to discoverand enjoy. There are significant health benefitsfor communities and individuals who spendtime in nature. <strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> provides a rangeof visitor services to encourage people to spendtime in parks.<strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> manages around 1,500 visitor sitesto offer a diverse range of opportunities forvisitors to experience parks. To support visitorexperiences, <strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> builds and maintainspark and recreational facilities, operates a sevenday-a-weekinformation line, runs educationprograms, facilitates community programs,works with volunteers, develops and promotesnature-based tourism products, supports touroperators, and sponsors and runs events.<strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>’s goal in this program is to providehealthy physical, social and cultural experiencesfor people.Some of the activities <strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> undertook in<strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> to encourage visitors to <strong>Victoria</strong>’s parksare described in this section.<strong>Parks</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> - <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong> 21

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