Visitors Coming to the Area Based on Advice in Articles

Regional Voices to be Heard on the West Coast

Photo – Mayor David Bowers welcomes journalists to the region.
The Roanoke Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau has successfully hosted 4 media tours with the help of our regional tourism partners within the past year. To date, the media coverage from these tours has resulted in a total circulation of nearly 25 million and an advertising equivalency of $581,348.44 for our area. According to Lynn Hunt, owner of the King George Inn Bed & Breakfast, she has had at least two bookings from visitors as a direct result of an article written in the March 2011 issue of Southern Neighbor, a magazine based in
Last month, Tom Wilmer, a journalist from the most recent media tour finished producing a radio segment for his travel series. Wilmer is the producer and host of Audiolog the Travel Show which serves southern
Click here to listen to the half hour radio segment
Additional recent media coverage -
Birmingham Magazine - October 2011 issue - Click here to view the article
Group Tour Magazine online Holiday feature article - Click here to view the article