Historically, tourism has been important to the city of Statesboro, reflected by a police patch for the Statesboro police department in the early 20th Century, reading “The Tourist City. Situated at the intersection of Highways 80 and 301, tourism was booming in Statesboro before the construction of Interstate 95. However, tourism has waned over the years as regional development turned attention to other places in South Georgia. Now with incoming regional economic development and projected population growth, Statesboro can rebrand itself and once again emerge as a place of tourism in the area.
