Tourism Region Redistricting

In the 1970's when Ray Blanton was governor, tourism was separated from economic development. Unfortunately, Tennessee's tourism regions across the state were identical to its development districts which is not a good idea. These regions need to be established using natural geography as a guide for boundaries.

Shelby County should have its own "region".

Mark V. Reeder has made two amendments to the basic tourism re-districting plan for west Tennessee.

In January, 2016 the glut of counties located north and south of Jackson, Tennessee were separated into "Northwest Tennesse" and "Southwest Tennessee" .

In 2019 the counties bordering the Kentucky Lake should have north and south areas.