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As if the world famous beach and Daytona 500 race weren't good enough selling points for Daytona Beach tourism, the city now has another accolade with which to market itself. Recently, the city's tap water has been recognized as the crème de la crème of municipal water.

In 2005, Daytona Beach won top honors at the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting contest for its smooth, clear, and drinkable water. And last week, the city took first prize again, winning out over 34 other municipal water systems from the US and Canada. This event has been touted as the "Academy Awards of Water", and the city received an engraved bowl with a gold medal to commemorate its win. The judges used wine-tasting techniques in coming to their conclusions, including cleansing their palates between tastings.

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Daytona Beach is most popular for motorsports. The sand on this beach is hard packed which allows motorcars run faster and smoother than any other beach in the world. The Daytona Beach also contains a race court and has been hosting races for more than 50 years. It is a year round family friendly resort area, though we cannot call it a seasonal town as it always hosts a lot of people from outside of Florida. Daytona Beach hosts a lot of motorsport competitions like Daytona 500 Nascar racing and Daytona 200 motorcycle races.

Daytona Beach tourism is always a healthy part of Daytona's economy, and a lot of travel agencies conduct varieties of travel packages all round the year. Almost all forms of communications is available here and people from all over the USA come here easily and enjoy beautiful scenic beauty and exciting motorsport in the beaches of Daytona.

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Over the last five years, profits have been falling for many beach side retailers in Daytona Beach, FL as crowds have dwindled. So local small business owners have organized to make their voice heard in the debate over the future of Daytona Beach tourism. Some ideas they have come up with to revive the beach side include more police patrols, cleaner neighborhoods, fewer temporary vendors and more parking.

The mayor is supportive of working with these business owners to find solutions. They've made it clear to officials that it's not only the stalled-out economy that's making for lower profits, it's also linked to the meager parking supply and street vendors who hijack their profits during special events. The ocean front buildings in need of upgrades are not helping matters either.