Tourism Officials In Abingdon Virginia Are Trying To Lure More Visitors By Running Advertising In Virginia And Georgia. Tourism Marketing Manager, Chad Thompson, Said So Far This Year, There Have Been 12-Hundred Visitors. Some Hail From As Far Away As Norway, Australia, And The United Kingdom. Tourism Officials Plan To Take Over The Bristol Welcome Center In September To Capitalize On That Month’s Nascar Race And The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion.