Solar eclipse has tourists rushing to Clarksville
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The total eclipse coming in August has regional tourism skyrocketing, with many hotels already booked from southern Kentucky to Nashville.
Clarksville, Tennessee, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, lie along the direct path of the rare, total solar eclipse set for 1:25 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21.
Nashville, the largest U.S. city in the eclipse’s path, is also getting ready for the event which, at its height, will last a little over two minutes. All of these cities can thank their lucky stars — or at least the sun and moon — as the tourism dollars roll in.
Hotels in Nashville are starting to heavily pre-book.