Tourism offices
Galax
2 organizations market this independent city. Every contact below was checked against the organization’s own website in September 2026.
Friends of Southwest Virginia
- Phone
- (276) 492-2400
- Website
- friendsofswva.org
- Contact
- Kim Davis, Executive Director
Where it says it works
Southwest Virginia — the Communities page lists Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe counties together with Bristol, Galax, Norton and Radford
Verification note
Coverage matches the state's 19 counties and 4 independent cities exactly. Kim Davis confirmed as Executive Director, and info@friendsofswva.org and (276) 492-2400 are the published general contacts. EMAIL DOMAIN CAUTION: every staff address published on the site is now @myswva.org (e.g. rvaughan@myswva.org, cfox@myswva.org); no address is published for Kim Davis, and the state's kdavis@friendsofswva.org appears on no page. Office: One Heartwood Circle, Abingdon, VA 24210. The organization also operates the SWVA Cultural Center and a Visitor Center at that address, and runs 'Round the Mountain.
Visit Galax
The state directory lists it as “City of Galax”.
- Phone
- (276) 238-8130
- Website
- visitgalax.com
- Contact
- Patti Price-Love, Director of Tourism
Where it says it works
'Galax and the Twin Counties' — the visitor center states it serves Galax together with the surrounding Twin Counties (Grayson and Carroll)
Verification note
COVERAGE CONFLICT: the organization claims 'Galax and the Twin Counties', materially broader than the state's 'Galax, VA', and it overlaps the territory claimed by Grayson County Tourism (DMO-055) and by Carroll County. DOMAIN CAUTION: http://visitgalax.com returns 'Hello! If you were looking for a website, it may have been removed. Sorry!' — only the HTTPS host serves the live site (behind Cloudflare), and the City of Galax's own site still links to the http version. Patti Price-Love confirmed as Director of Tourism, with staff Chelsea Estremera (Marketing and Social Media Coordinator), Jordan Shaw (Farmers Market Manager) and three Galax Adventure Ambassadors. Visitor Center: 110 E. Grayson Street, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm (May-December). PHONE from the City of Galax phone directory, which lists 'Tourism / Visitor's Center: 276-238-8130'; the visitor site publishes no phone and NO EMAIL, so the state's pprice-love@galaxva.com is not recorded.