Tourists continue to visit Fannin County in spite of the high prices at the gas pumps, a report from the Fannin County Chamber of Commerce shows.

Chamber president Jan Hackett said a check of the May guest book shows 1,555 signatures compared to 1,525 signatures in May 2007 and 1,386 signatures in May 2006.

Along with the signatures, Hackett said the chamber continues to receive requests for tourists and relocation information in higher numbers than 2007.

“We’ve mailed more than 6,000 tourist brochures so far this year, compared to a little over 3,600 for the same period in 2007,” Hackett said.

Last June, she said nearly 2,500 people signed the chamber guest book, and last July was even better when nearly 4,000 people signed the book.

Most of the people who signed the book so far this year are from Georgia, but visitors from Florida are running a close second, Hackett said.

“Visitors from Georgia and Florida make up about 60 percent of the visitors so far this year, while other guest book signers were from Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee and many other states,” she said.

Through May, there have been 5,768 people who have signed the guest book this year, compared to 5,465 through May 2007, and 5,082 through May 2006, Hackett said.