The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development unveiled its official 2019 Tennessee Vacation Guide on Tuesday. Designed to inspire travel, the magazine-style guide features 194 pages of Tennessee's music, scenic beauty, creative spirit, culinary excellence and history is distributed to nearly 500,000 visitors annually.

The hand-illustrated cover depicts a quilt with the seven styles of music that call Tennessee home: blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, rockabilly, soul and rock 'n' roll. The so-called quilt represents the historical impact of music throughout the state and is a nod to the recently launched Tennessee Music Pathways. In Tennessee, nearly every city, town and hamlet has a musical connection and story to tell; a birthplace, iconic radio station, museum, still-thriving venue, festival, a studio, a home or resting place.

The guide also offers insight into Tennessee's growing food scene, the important historical journey along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, adventures on water, making memories in a top-five destination nationally for weddings and a perfect place for family reunions, family-friendly experiences and driving tours throughout the state's 95 counties on the Discover Tennessee Trails & Byways. Stunning photography and noted writers profile the places, people and events that attract more than 113 million visitors to Tennessee each year.