Gatlinburg, Tennessee, offers a perfect blend of natural beauty, outdoor adventure, and Southern hospitality — perfectly suited for travelers looking for big adventures in the great outdoors.

Like most convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs), Gatlinburg Convention & Visitors Bureau (also known as Visit Gatlinburg) seeks to inspire travel to its destination. However, the CVB goes one step further by working towards an ongoing key objective to engage in-market visitors. 

Visit Gatlinburg leans on Visit Widget — an advanced, cross-device application that creates an engaging and intuitive way for travelers to research, plan, and experience their visits. 

Since launching its new Visit Widget app in mid-January 2024, Visit Gatlinburg reported the following results:

  • Over 21,000 downloads 
  • 841 check-ins with 23 completed challenges for “Pancake Week”
  • Over 4,000 vacation guide requests and downloads via the app 
  • App performance over previous mobile application:
    • Total users increased 394%
    • New users increased 197%
    • Pageviews increased 223%
  • Seven new trails have been created and more are in progress
Gretchen Pardon | Visit Gatlinburg - Headshot

“Our visitors love the app and I've had several members of the community say they really love it as well. The map alone is an extremely valuable tool and a user can quickly scroll through its organized navigation — easily getting to what they are looking for quicker.”

Gretchen Pardon, Digital Media Manager, Gatlinburg Convention & Visitors Bureau
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