Dahlonega tourism officials welcome designation as an 'offbeat town'

DAHLONEGA - Tourism officials in Dahlonega are welcoming an unusual designation given their town: A charter member of offbeattravel.com's five most "Offbeat Towns" in the country.

Since 2000 OffbeatTravel.com has been seeking out offbeat towns and under-known places to visit. Now, it has named its Top Five Offbeat Travel Towns for 2008.

And, Dahlonega is one of them.

"This is our inaugural offering of the top five offbeat places to visit over the next 12 months," said Neala Schwartzberg, publisher of OffbeatTravel.com.

"We thought it was time