2007 Communications Highlights

Published: January 30th, 2008

Industry Applause: Tennessee tourism partners did an outstanding job this year in driving visitation and making the rankings of some popular tourism-related lists. Hats off to these partners and to all of the others not mentioned here.

Knoxville ranked among the "10 Best Places to Live and Boat" by Boating Life magazine.

Tennessee Overhill's Old Line Railroad has a 20-mile section, the popular Hiwassee River Rail Adventure fun on Old Line Railroad, which was named to the National Register of Historic Places.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory was named a "Nuclear Historic Landmark" by the American Nuclear Society. The Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator has operated for the better part of four decades at ORNL, providing useful nuclear data to scientists and engineers.

National Motorcoach Association named Pigeon Forge its "Top Motorcoach Destination of 2007." Pigeon Forge jumped up from number 14 last year - leapfrogging last year's winners, New York City and Washington D.C., making the largest jump in the poll's 20-year history.

The Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism received an Emmy Award for its "Welcome to My Pigeon Forge" television campaign.

USA Today named Sevierville's Berry Springs Lodge as one of the "Top 10 Locations in the Country for Fall Foliage Viewing."

Southern Living readers poll named Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge as the top Mountain Destinations. Both towns placed second behind Atlanta in the shopping category. Blackberry Farm was named "No. 1 Country Inn/Bed and Breakfast," an honor the property has maintained since 2002.

Tennessee State Parks is one of three finalists competing nationally for the 2007 Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the state parks category. Gold Medal Awards are presented by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association.

This information is provided courtesy of The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.

Please submit any additions to this list to Jennifer Littlejohn, senior writer, at Jennifer.Littlejohn@state.tn.us.

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