Facts about Belle Island Village

• Belle Island Village will offer visitors the most specialized group of retailers available in the area.

• The uniqueness of the Island will appeal to the estimated 10 million annual Pigeon Forge visitors.

• Over $2 million will be spent to advertise Belle Island Village over the next year. Conservative estimates project 2.1 million visitors to the Island annually.

• Over $500,000 is budgeted annually to attract top-level musicians and entertainers to the Island.

• As good Southern hosts, Belle Island Village will offer the most value-enhanced lease rates available in the entire Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg/Sevierville area.

• We'll go out of our way to provide the most neighborly environment for all of our lessee partners and support for local charitable programs.

Facts about Pigeon Forge

Surrounded by the Great Smoky Mountains, Pigeon Forge is a unique Southern treasure. Over 10 million people pay a visit to Pigeon Forge every year - making it the 7th most popular overnight leisure destination in the United States. Pigeon Forge provides the perfect setting for Belle Island Village:

• 7.8 million guests stay in Pigeon Forge overnight annually - that's more overnight visitors than Branson, Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee or Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

• 74% of the guests in Pigeon Forge are repeat visitors and most of them come to shop.

• Two-thirds of the country's population east of the Mississippi River live within a day's drive of Pigeon Forge.

• 3.2 million day-trippers travel 50 miles or more to visit Pigeon Forge every year. Between one and two million people traveling less than 50 miles also spend the day in Pigeon Forge annually.

• 65% of visitors to Pigeon Forge own home computers.

• There are over 12,000 overnight accomodations available in the Pigeon Forge area.

• In 2005, the City of Pigeon Forge will spend more than $7 Million on direct advertising.