About this website

This website is the owned and managed by the City of Athens, Department of Tourism.  This web site was conceptualized, designed and built by Clever Mutt, LLC and is powered by a Clever Mutt's bespoke enterprise level tourism content management system.

City of Athens, Department of Tourism

The Department of Tourism is the promotional ‘leg’ of the City of Athens.  We’re here to provide you with the right information and assistance to make your visit to Athens the best it can be – whether you’re visiting for pleasure or for business. In addition to keeping you up-to-date with local events and attractions via this terrific website, the department can also help you in plotting an itinerary for your stay, and in making all local arrangements for your event. 

The Department of Tourism website at http://www.athenstx.org enjoys thousands of visits each month. The website lists restaurants, attractions and other sites of interest in the greater Athens area.

The website includes only hotels located in the city limits of Athens, because the major source of our funding is hotel/motel occupancy tax, collected by these hotels.

If you have any questions about listing your business on our website, please contact the webmaster at tourism@athenstexas.us.

The online calendar of events is the most visited page on the Department of Tourism website. Local organizations are encouraged to submit their upcoming events for posting consideration. If prefered, event information may be faxed to (903) 675-4830 or emailed to the webmaster at tourism@athenstexas.us. We do not accept event information over the telephone, nor do we guarantee inclusion of any event. Events for consideration in the online calendar of events must be submitted to us no later than two full weeks prior to the event. 

Entries from the online calendar of events are also submitted to other events calendars around the state. Here are the deadline dates for possible inclusion:

It is the responsibility of the submitting organization to alert the Department of Tourism to any changes in event dates, times, locations, etc. PRIOR TO these published publication dates.