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- Thanks to a mighty big carrot, Swain sets its sights on the future
- Beloved amusement park brought back to life one piece at a time
- The fine print of ‘paid for by’ line debated by tourism funding arm
- Window is closing for stalled room tax increase in Haywood
- One-size-fits-all tourism brand sought for Jackson
- Lots of winners in festival grants
- Folkmoot back in the tourism grant fold
- Maggie aldermen bow out of business approval process
For decades Maggie Valley and Dillsboro were two of the mountain’s most iconic tourist towns. Sadly, both relied heavily — too heavily — on a single cash-cow. When Ghost Town shut down in Maggie and the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad pulled out of Dillsboro, both lost tens of thousands of visitors once delivered to their doorsteps. Both towns are now struggling to find new identities.
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