Visit Athens Georgia

The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau provides complete Athens visitor information on our website, www.VisitAthensGA.com.  Browse online for things to do in Athens, free attractions, and plenty of other ideas for planning your Athens Georgia getaway!

The Athens Georgia Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is a proactive sales and destination marketing organization for Athens, Georgia. The Athens CVB is charged with increasing the economic impact of the hospitality and visitor industry by attracting individual visitors, group tours, and meetings and conventions to Athens. The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau is a division of The Classic Center Authority and is funded through Athens-Clarke County's hotel-motel tax of 7%*.

*Hotel-motel tax is allocated as follows: ACC receives 14.29% of collections, the CVB 31.42%, and The Classic Center 54.29%.

Tourism WORK$ for Athens,  contributing $256.39 million in spending, 2,510 jobs and $50.34 million in wages earned in 2013. (Source: Impact of Travel on Georgia Counties, U.S. Travel Association, 2013)

Visitor dollars make a vital contribution to the well-being of the local Athens community. Visitors keep taxes lower because they help pay for public services used by residents. Visitors generate local jobs, improve the quality of life, and contribute to the betterment of our community. 

For more information about the Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau and a staff listing, see our "About us" page.

>>Learn more about the economic impact of the meetings & conventions segment of local tourism at The Classic Center's website.