Meriwether County officials have announced the launch of Georgia’s Undead Trail, which will take visitors on a 93-mile journey through urban landscapes and trendy downtowns that have all been the backdrop of television series depicting zombies and vampires. Destinations that are featured in the trail include Atlanta, Covington, Conyers, Senoia and Woodbury.
“Georgia’s film industry is booming, and one of the many benefits of all that filming is that visitors from around the world want to come here to experience the locations made famous by their favorite movies and TV programs. Film tourism is a real money generator that remains long after the project has wrapped,” said Kevin Langston, deputy commissioner for tourism at the Georgia Department of Economic Development. “Georgia’s Undead Trail is the perfect tourism offering that can appeal to fans from all over the world who are wanting to experience the locations of their favorite television shows and films.”
Through a variety of film locations, attractions and restaurants, fans can get up close and personal to the filming locations that transformed Georgia towns into the locations used in popular shows including “The Walking Dead,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “The Originals” and more. Georgia’s Undead Trail also features a list of “Top 10 Must-See Sites” that include popular film tours, shops, restaurants and even a “zombie-themed” geocache trail.
“Representatives from the city of Woodbury have actively participated in this multi-county project and we are all very proud that the city is prominently featured on Georgia’s Undead Trail,” said Carolyn McKinley, president of Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism. “This trail gives us one more tourism product to promote and we recognize its value in taking our community to a new level through this participation with the other counties featured on the trail. We are proud to be a part of this collaboration and happy that we can offer this new tourism product to our visitors.”
Information on Georgia’s Undead Trail can be found soon at www.georgiasundeadtrail.com.
For more on things to do in Meriwether, including “The Real Woodbury Zombie Geo Quest,” go to http://meriwethertourism.com.
