Are Boosting Tourism In Southwest Virginia Second of a Three Part Series Tourism is one of Southwest Virginia s greatest untapped economic resources.
Tourism is also the fastest growing industry in the Ninth District.
Our region offers tourists the highest mountains, most interesting rivers and most varied hunting, camping, fishing and hiking that exist anywhere in the state. With Virginia s best outdoor experience and most interesting cultural offerings, we truly have much to attract the traveling public. While tourism is the Ninth District s fastest growing industry, we have only begun to realize its enormous potential. Given our region s tremendous natural assets, there is much room for our tourism economy to grow. To amplify our potential for economic growth in tourism, we are providing funding to make our communities even more attractive as tourism destinations, and I have been working to secure federal assistance for improvements to our national parks and forests and to finance tourism-attracting local projects.