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Lodging & Tourism
In Fannin County, Tourism is Everybody’s Business
How Do Visitors Impact Our Community?
Lodging (Rooms)
$182 Million Direct Visitor Spending
Blue Ridge Inn 6
Comfort Inn 69
Douglas Inn 26 $43.8 million Spent on Lodging =
Modern Inn 32 $120,000 per day
Reid Ridge Lodge Inn 42
$138 million Spent on Shopping,
Serenity Suites 11
Dining, Attractions, Activities =
*Hampton Inn 109 $500,000 per day
Total Rooms 192
*Hampton Inn expected to open Spring 2021
Vacation Rentals & Cabins 1,500+
In 2019, Tourism generated $14.6 Million in state
and local taxes, saving $900 per household.
Tourism also accounts for 1/3 of all local jobs
City & County Schools
$14.6 Million Collected in Local and State Taxes = • Employees • Employees
• Services
• Teachers
$41,000 per day. • Roads • Improvements
• Recreation • Performing Arts
• Infrastructure • Football Stadium
These taxes pay for:
• Parks • Technology
• Swimming Pool • Ag Center
• Fire & Police • Buses
• Library
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