St. Andrews Aquatic Preserve - Sustainable Public Use
St. Andrews Aquatic Preserve and the surrounding Panama City Beach area are an increasingly popular tourist destination, especially in the summer months. Sugar white sand beaches, lush seagrass beds and lots of other tourist attractions bring in visitors from near and far. In 2013, St. Andrews State Park was the fourth most visited state park in Florida with 893,102 visitors. Shell Island is an extremely popular beach, swimming and snorkeling destination for visitors and locals alike. St.