Preserve, Protect & Grow:
shown: Cades Cove and Virgin Falls
Sustainable Tourism
The State of Tennessee is committed to a Sustainable Tourism effort to preserve and protect our state’s unsurpassed natural beauty while encouraging the growth of the tourism industry in Tennessee.
Sustaining the environment, culture and heritage of a region while at the same time sustaining the economic growth through tourism.
The Sustainable Tourism Summit 2008
In honor of the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina came together for the first-ever Sustainable Tourism Summit. The Summit provided an opportunity to hear from leading experts in sustainable tourism.
Who should get involved?
Implementing a successful, state-wide sustainable tourism program requires the interest, skills and involvement of people in the following fields:
- Convention and Visitor Bureaus
- Chamber of Commerce leadership
- Tourism business owners and management
- Hotel and lodging owners and management
- Restaurant industry owners and management
- City and County government officials
- Land and resort/attraction developers
- Economic development officials
- Others interested in sustainable tourism
Learning about Sustainable Tourism
Here is a selection of information pooled from our online toolbox and research areas. Visit those section to browse our full resource offerings.
News & Memos
September 24, 2008
Welcome to the new sustainable tourism section
September 24, 2008
Sustainable tourism progress report released