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Visit Athens GA is the official destination marketing organization for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. Our primary goal is to increase the economic impact of the hospitality and visitor industry by attracting individual visitors, group tours and meetings and conventions to Athens. Tourism WORK$ for Athens, contributing more than $338 million in spending, more than 3,900 jobs and $27.3 million in local and state tax revenue in 2021. Each Athens-Clarke household would need to be taxed an additional $543 per year to replace taxes generated by tourism economic activity.

Athens CVB Participates in National Travel and Tourism Week 2020

By Visit Athens GA on Apr. 29, 2020

In a time when travel is at a standstill the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) wants to shine a light on the huge impact tourism and hospitality has on the local economy and community. The…

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Athens CVB Named a Convention South Readers Choice Winner for the Sixth Time

By Visit Athens GA on Oct. 08, 2019

It is with honor that the publishers and editors of ConventionSouth , the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau with a 2019 Readers’…

Athens, Georgia makes ConventionSouth's list for Southern Music Scene

By Visit Athens GA on Sep. 17, 2019

GULF SHORES, Ala. (Sept. 16, 2019)—This September, ConventionSouth magazine, a national multimedia resource for those who plan events held within the South, asked readers and Facebook fans to vote for…

Sales Manager Jeremiah Cook named 2019 Meetings Mean Business Ambassador

By Visit Athens GA on Apr. 26, 2019

Washington, D.C. – The Meetings Mean Business Coalition (MMBC) is proud to announce its 2019 Ambassadors, an elite group of meeting and event professionals who will serve as advocates for MMBC and the…

The Classic Center partners with Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation for Christmas

By Visit Athens GA on Nov. 21, 2018

ATHENS, GA (November 20, 2018)-- The Classic Center is proud to partner with the Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation to help give local children the Christmas they deserve. The Ashton Hope Keegan Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps women receive the tools they need to lead a success life. The purple and white Christmas tree located in the main lobby next to the ATM machine is decorated with various children’s names…

Athens Tourism Product Development Grant Applications Now Open through Dec. 14

By Visit Athens GA on Oct. 24, 2018

The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), along with The Classic Center and Classic Center Cultural Foundation, will again funda matching grant program to assist local entities in developing new tourism products and experiences that will attract new overnight visitors to Athens-Clarke County…