Tourism Is Up And Environmental Recovery Brings A Bounty Of New Plants & Trees By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger The bottoms of some trees are still charred and you can see a line of black at the base of a hill on the loop road. One year after fires roared through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and to the popular tourist town of … [Read more...]
Tourists Flocking Back To Gatlinburg After Smoky Mountain Fires
Tourism Thriving From Pigeon Forge To This East Tennessee Tourist Town By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger & East Tennessee Native Where there was once flames, there are now feet. Where there was once smoke, there is now stamping herds of tourists. In November, the Great Smoky Mountains were covered in a blanket of not its famous smoky fog, but … [Read more...]
It’s A Crime If You Don’t Visit Alcatraz East In Pigeon Forge TN
Museum A Smoky Mountains Tourist Attraction By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger I was behind bars! But then I escaped from my prison cell, tried to dodge lasers tracking me and hijacked a police motorcycle. It's all part of the fun I had at the Alcatraz East attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Unlike its original namesake in San Francisco, Alcatraz East … [Read more...]
Dolly Parton & Gatlinburg Chamber Establish Relief Funds For Wildfire Victims
Smoky Mountains Fires Burn East Tennessee Tourist Destinations The wildfires that ran through the drought-stricken Great Smoky Mountains and caused home and business losses in the tourist town of Gatlinburg, has brought out the helping hands of the friendly East Tennesseans. The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation has established the Gatlinburg Relief Fund which … [Read more...]
Gatlinburg Wine Festival 2016 Date & Tasting Information
Smoky Mountain Wine Fest Is For #WineLovers In Tennessee When it comes to the Smoky Mountains, moonshine is the best-known beverage in the area. But there's wine, as well. And on Saturday, April 9, there's an event for wine lovers, the Gatlinburg Smoky Mountain Wine Fest featuring wineries from all over Tennessee. And yes, there are wineries in Tennessee. Sanctioned by … [Read more...]