Tennessee tourism, heightened by music and mountain peaks throughout the year, coped with continuous snow and bone-chilling cold weather in January.

The state was hit with abundant snow and subfreezing temperatures from border to border. It has an estimated 50 million visitors per year and officials and other establishments have taken actions to cover up the winter blues.

To clear the snow, officials at Graceland in Memphis utilized a small plow so Elvis fans could go to his famous home for tours. The show must go on, cited Kevin Kern, the Spokesman for Elvis Presley Enterprises.

The Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge had an ice-carving event as a positive response to winter weather. They where closed one day but the site still attracted 41,000 attendances in January.

The plow helped clear the snow at driveways and parking lots in Graceland, which has an estimated 600,000 visitors from all over the world every year.

Although some activities were curtailed during Wilderness Wildlife Week in the Smoky Mountain resort town. Visitors were down from 24,000 earlier last year to 19,000 because of the snow, there were still visitors from 28 different states for hiking, talks and related events.

In January, Nashville had about 6 inches of snow amounting to three snowfalls and they had five straight days of below-freezing temperatures. The Country Music Hall of Fame Museum closed for a day, which cost them some $7,000.

Tourism in Tennessee is a $14 billion industry per year. They are a popular destination for many U.S. citizens. In fact, Pigeon Forge’s Downey said that some travelers actually hope to see winter weather. He said people come to Tennessee from Florida in their desire to see snow, and they would be disappointed if there is none.