TOURISM RESOURCES

Blue Ridge Travel Association of Virginia
A non-profit membership organization promoting tourism in the17 county region of the Blue Ridge Highlands of Virginia. Those counties of Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, and Wythe, and the cities of Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke, and Salem in mid-southwestern Virginia.
www.virginiablueridge.org

Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority
Promotes tourism in the seven coalfield counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Wise, Tazewell and the city of Norton.
www.heartofappalachia.com

Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC)
The overriding goal of all of VTC's activities is to "serve the broader interests of the economy of Virginia by supporting, maintaining and expanding the Commonwealth's domestic and international inbound tourism and motion picture production industries in order to increase visitor expenditures, tax revenues and employment."
www.vatc.org or www.virginia.org