Tourism
Tourism is a vital industry for Scotland. It is worth over £4 billion to the Scottish economy each year and supports over 200,000 jobs.
Latest news
- Clansman employee buy-out 'inspired' by CDS
- Clansman Dynamics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of robotic handling equipment, has become an employee-owned business after senior management were 'inspired' by employee-ownership at a workshop run by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS).
- 24 December 2009
- Businesses urged to “Get Ready to Compete” for Olympic and Commonwealth Games opportunities
- Over 400 businesses registered for a Scottish Enterprise hosted conference at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Wednesday 2 December. They came to learn about the significant business opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and other global sporting events and how to go about getting a share of these opportunities.
- 8 December 2009
- Loch Fyne oysters boss to urge family firms to consider an employee buyout
- The boss of one of the UK's best known employee owned companies is to urge family firms in Scotand to consider selling their business to the staff.
- 24 September 2009
Events
- Designing, leading and building a world-class management team
- Inverness
- Monday 15 - Tuesday 16 February 2010
- Customer Care Champions
- Edinburgh
- 15 February 2010
- Customer Care Champions
- Edinburgh
- 24 February 2010
- Exploring the Options Workshop
- Inverness
- 25 February 2010
- Winning Through Innovation
- Aberdeen
- 16 March 2010
- Customer Care Champions
- Edinburgh
- 20 November 2010
Tourism in Scotland
In 2006, over 16 million tourists took overnight trips to Scotland, spending more than £4 billion.
Most tourism trips to Scotland are made by people in the UK, and the USA is our biggest overseas market, accounting for a quarter of spending by overseas visitors.