How does Nashville try to make visitors underwrite the services they use? Plus, the local news for August 5, 2026.
What’s behind a boom in the Western boot business?
There’s a joke about how you can spot tourists in Nashville: They’re the ones in new cowboy boots, even in the heat. In truth, the global market for Western boots is growing quickly.
NashVillager Podcast: Visit Music City
Can Nashville’s tourist hot spots afford to keep the lights on? Plus, a roundup of the news for April 10, 2026.
Amid power outages, an unusual number of locals visit Nashville’s honky tonk district
While winter storms caused major power outages in Nashville, the downtown music scene saw a lot more visits from displaced locals as they took up hotel rooms usually occupied by tourists.
How Nashville is addressing overdoses in its booming tourism district
Business owners and city officials in Nashville have implemented a program that uses an opioid reversal kit created in West Virginia to bolster harm reduction efforts in the city’s tourism district.
What will a Snoop and Dre bar downtown mean for Nashville hip-hop?
Country music celebrity bars dominate Lower Broadway, and now Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are opening the Still G.I.N. Lounge.
NashVillager Podcast: More tourists, more hotel rooms
Will we ever build enough hotel rooms to handle the demands of Nashville tourists? Plus the local news for August 7, 2024.
In the face of inflation, Nashville tourism breaks records
New numbers indicate the city’s hospitality industry is growing, even as tourism is slowing down across much of the country.
NashVillager Podcast: April 15, 2024
What does the sinking of the Titanic have to do with Tennessee?
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