COLLECTION: Tourist Development, Tennessee Dept. of
Crawling Activity:
2007 - present
Topics:
Government - US States
Description:
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development is one of the leaders among state organizations in the United States tourism industry. Tennessee's $12.4-billion-a-year tourism industry drew 48.9 million overnight and day-trip visitors in 2005. For the first time state and local revenue surpassed $1 billion and, for the first time since 1997, all 95 counties saw an increase in tourism expenditures