1. Tennessee Aquarium
2. Rock City Gardens
3. Ruby Falls
4. Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
5. Raccoon Mountain Caverns
6. Walnut Street Bridge & Coolidge Park
7. Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
8. Hunter Museum of American Art / Bluff View District
9. Chattanooga Choo Choo / Hotel Chalet at the Choo Choo
10. Scenic river cruises / outdoor recreation at North Shore and Signal Mountain area
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History of the website
and Tourism Marketing
in Chattanooga
Visit Chattanooga.com
Domain registration date: 22-05-2001
Timeline
1985 first Internet Domains registered VB.com/1985
1994 Registation of the domain Hotels.com 30-03-1994
1995 / 1996 The first Visitor Bureau,
VBs or CVBs
start to use the prefix "Visit"
1999 Registration of Chattanoogafun.com
24-02-1999
first website of the Chattannoga
convention and Visitors Bureau
2001 Registration of the domain
VisitChattanooga.com
2014 VisitChattanooga.com
was redirecting to ChattanogaPackages.com
2017 VisitChattanooga.com
launched as a fake travel directory
looking as if it was designed by the official CVB
The site indicated the phone number
+1 423 867-5309
In fact the number did not match a booking desk
The local area code was paired
with the pop culture phone number 867-5309,
a famous phone number in music history
from the pop rock hit "Jenny" by Tommy Tutone
Aquisition of the domain
VisitChatanooga.com
for an undisclosed amount
The Chattanooga Tourism Co.
had spent three years planning
a comprehensive regional rebrand
to replace its old identity
(the Chattanooga Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
)
and its former digital home,
chattanoogafun.com
