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  <xsd:element name="EntertainmentProducedContentMember" id="rhp_EntertainmentProducedContentMember" type="dtr-types:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashReserves" id="rhp_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashReserves" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="debit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element name="LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacityUnderRestrictedPeriod" id="rhp_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacityUnderRestrictedPeriod" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="instant" />
  <xsd:element name="NumberOfAmendmentsToCreditAgreement" id="rhp_NumberOfAmendmentsToCreditAgreement" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="NumberOfWhollyOwnedHotelPropertiesSold" id="rhp_NumberOfWhollyOwnedHotelPropertiesSold" type="xbrli:integerItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" abstract="false" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element name="ReallocationOfNoncontrollingInterestInOperatingPartnership" id="rhp_ReallocationOfNoncontrollingInterestInOperatingPartnership" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" abstract="false" xbrli:balance="credit" />
</xsd:schema>
