Gatlinburg Real Estate Blog

Having just survived the peak tourist month of July, locals are all just a little tired of the traffic jams that plague our Sevier county area. While we have back roads that at least provide options, there are some periods of time that we all become frustrated with the seemingly endless lines of cars coming and going throughout the Gatlinburg area. You can see from the graph below just how traffic (as measured by vehicles on Tennessee State Highway 66 locally known as Winfield Dunn Parkway) has grown: This however is the wrong way to look at it. Despite the bumper stickers that ask "If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?" or the one that simply states "We aren't ALL on vacation!", almost all of the financial opportunities that the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee offer are based on these same visitors. In fact, if it weren't for guests to our area, the home that I live in, the vehicles that we drive, and all of the other material blessing...

Having just survived the peak tourist month of July, locals are all just a little tired of the traffic jams that plague our Sevier county area. While we have back roads that at least provide options, there are some periods of time that we all become frustrated with the seemingly endless lines of cars coming and going throughout the Gatlinburg area. You can see from the graph below just how traffic (as measured by vehicles on Tennessee State Highway 66 locally known as Winfield Dunn Parkway) has grown: This however is the wrong way to look at it. Despite the bumper stickers that ask "If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?" or the one that simply states "We aren't ALL on vacation!", almost all of the financial opportunities that the Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee offer are based on these same visitors. In fact, if it weren't for guests to our area, the home that I live in, the vehicles that we drive, and all of the other material bless...