Garth Brooks Graces the Cover of the Newly Released 2017 Official Tennessee Vacation Guide

TDTD released its 2017 Official Tennessee Vacation Guide today, featuring entertainment icon and Tennessee Ambassador of Goodwill Garth Brooks on the famed stage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, which celebrates its 125th Anniversary this year.

Additional highlights in the 212-page Tennessee Vacation Guide include the 90th Anniversary of the original 1927 Bristol Sessions, known as “the big bang of country music,” and the 50th Anniversary of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. New attractions that take the spotlight include the entertainment complex at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Songbirds Guitar Museum in Chattanooga and the luxury hotel—The Tennessean—in Knoxville. Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains are also featured on the cover, encouraging visitors to support these “Mountain Tough” communities as they rebound from November’s wildfires.

This year’s guide is expanded to include six feature sections showcasing Tennessee’s scenic beauty, creative spirit, unique experiences, culinary excellence, history, and, of course, music. The guide also promotes Discover Tennessee Trails & Byways, small towns and rural communities, annual events, regional overviews, maps and destination listings.

More than 550,000 guides are available to inspire potential guests to book a trip filled with authentic experiences that are part of “The Soundtrack of America. Made in Tennessee.”

The 2017 Official Tennessee Vacation Guide is available free of charge at any of Tennessee’s 14 Welcome Centers or by calling 1-800-GO2-TENN (462-8366), and can also be ordered or downloaded online at www.tnvacation.com/guide. For bulk requests of the 2017 Vacation Guide, please email tourdev@tn.gov.

Partners may also contact Jennie McCabe, TDTD’s outreach coordinator, for Tennessee Vacation Guides and brochures at 615-741-9005 or jennie.mccabe@tn.gov.