Tourism News

National Museum of African American Music

Tennessee Announces What's New in Tourism for 2021

Artist Marci Berkhimer completes her Wagon Wheel themed mural in downtown Johnson City

Public Relations

Wagon Wheel Mural in Downtown Johnson City receives recognition from Ketch Secor, Co-Writer of Wagon Wheel song, and lead-singer of Old Crow Medicine Show

Jackson Theatre in Jonesborough, Tennessee

Public Relations

Jonesborough’s Commitment to Historic Preservation

Tennessee Tourism Launches New Campaign “For The Love” of Safe Travel

Pickwick Landing, TN

Tourism Outreach

Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Part of Gov. Lee’s Commission to Address Asian Carp

Man in front of Foster Falls with Tennessee state flag

Tourism in Tennessee Shattered Records with $23 Billion in Travel Spending and 126 Million Domestic Person Stays in 2019

Photo credit: Sean Fisher

Downtown Memphis, Tennessee

From the Commissioner

Gov. Lee Announces New Relief Programs for Agriculture, Tourism, and Workforce Development

Tourism Enhancement Grants Awarded to 17 Tennessee Communities

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg TN. Photo credit: Jeff Adkins/Journal Communications Inc

President Trump signs Great American Outdoors Act

From the Commissioner

Gov. Lee Signs Executive Order to Allow Contact Sports, Extend Local Authority for Mask Requirements

From the Commissioner

Gov. Bill Lee Announces 20 TN Counties Will Receive Federal Recovery Assistance for May Derecho & Storm

TN Strong Mask Movement designs

From the Commissioner

State’s Economic Recovery Group Enlists Flagship Tennessee Brands to Get More Masks in Hands of Tennessee Residents

On the mountain bike trails at Tannery Knobs in Johnson City, TN

Tennessee Tourism Launches New Campaign to Inspire Traveling Safely Statewide Amid Coronavirus

Rutherford County Courthouse, Murfreesboro, TN

Public Relations

2020 In-Person Tennessee Governor’s Conference on Hospitality and Tourism Cancelled

From the Commissioner

Tennessee’s Economic Recovery Group Partners with UT Researchers for Data Collection