The Virginia Tourism Corporation currently divides the Commonwealth into 10 distinct regions, from the Southwest Heart of Appalachia to the Coastal Virginia Eastern Shore.
“Tourism regions are established by and for the VTC solely to organize the tourism product in a defined geographic area and to present that information to the consumer through a variety of media platforms in an orderly, accurate, consistent, and uniform format,” reads the VTC’s guidelines for these areas.
The Charlottesville area is included within the Central Virginia district along with the Richmond area, including places like Sussex County close to the Tidewater. Various tourism and economic development officials would like to make an adjustment…