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by: Gregory Raucoules Posted: Aug 5, 2025 / 05:14 PM EDT Updated: Aug 5, 2025 / 05:22 PM EDT PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) — As Dollywood continues to welcome visitors for its 40th year of operation, the Pigeon Forge-based theme park has once again been recognized as one of the most popular theme parks in the world. Tripadvisor officials […]

by: Naomi Hillmer Posted: Jun 27, 2025 / 05:53 PM EDT Updated: Jun 27, 2025 / 06:16 PM EDT PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee tourism broke their revenue record for the fourth year in a row, according to the latest report from Tourism Economics and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.   The report, highlighting the economic […]

by: Matt Hollingsworth Posted: Jul 22, 2025 / 12:30 PM EDT Updated: Jul 22, 2025 / 06:20 PM EDT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, Tenn. (WATE) — Who are the people driving around the Smokies with a large net strapped to the roof of their car? A local nonprofit is trying a creative, low-tech method to track insect populations. The new […]

Following a year of record attendance in 2024, Dollywood Parks and Resorts are preparing for another season and visitors can expect some major developments when they open this March.  

by: Amber Lynn Carroll Posted: Mar 14, 2024 / 07:53 AM EDT Updated: Mar 14, 2024 / 07:53 AM EDT  If you’re heading to the Smokies or out for a weekend in Gatlinburg, you might pass right by a little spot in Sevierville, Tenn. just outside and in the parking lot of Smoky Mountain Knife Works. You have […]

The XPERIA: Ocean Journey is an up-close, hyper-real experience in Sevierville, Tennessee and combines innovative digital technologies and immersive storytelling to take participants on a journey to explore fascinating areas of the ocean and interact with some of the most amazing sea creatures, without having to go to the ocean.