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Product groups

Golf Tourism Scotland

The membership organisation for the Scottish golfing and hospitality sector.

Springboard Scotland

Promoting careers in Scottish hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism.

Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland

Developing and promoting a national strategic framework for sustainable mountain biking development.

Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group

Welcoming visitors from all over the world to enjoy Scotland as a unique sporting destination.

Destination partnerships

Destination partnerships who provide industry leadership at a local level within key destinations.

St Andrews Partnership

Edinburgh Tourism Action Group

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park

Highland Perthshire

Royal Deeside and The Cairngorms National Park

Skills and training

Skills Development Scotland

Careers, learning and skills advice.

People 1st

The sector skills council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism in the UK.

Associations

Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions (ASVA)

Over 500 key sites are members and are committed to providing a quality service and are always striving to ensure the highest standards are maintained.

National Trust For Scotland

The conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland’s natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy.

Guest House and B&B Association of Scotland (GHABBA)

An independent organisation for guest house and B&B owners in Scotland, dedicated to providing high quality guest house and B&B holiday accommodation for visitors.

Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers

The independent trade association run for and by holiday property owners in Scotland.

Historic Scotland

Information on more than 300 properties in the organisation’s care from listed buildings to ancient monuments.

Scottish Natural Heritage

Information on sustaining Scotland’s natural heritage.

100K Welcomes

If you are a manager, team leader or work in a customer-facing role, you can access a portfolio of innovative training events to help you deliver great customer experiences through 100K Welcomes.

Sustainable Tourism Resource Centre

VisitScotland has developed this resource centre to specifically support tourism businesses by providing information on sustainable business practices and promoting how these practices can benefit businesses.

World Tourism Organisation

Global forum for tourism policy issues and a practical source of tourism know-how.

Business support

Tourism Intelligence Scotland

An easy to use website that provides market intelligence, case studies, reports, practical guides, newsletters and summaries on products, sectors, markets and more.

Scottish Development International

Internationalisation support to companies, securing investment funding and delivering higher value new accommodation developments within Scotland, which are critical to securing future industry growth.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Our key partner in delivering Scotland wide responses to the industry strategy.

VisitScotland

Focus on the consumer including quality assurance, and the marketing of Scotland as a tourist destination, complementing our focus on tourism businesses, with a number of projects jointly delivered, including Tourism Intelligence Scotland and the Tourism Leadership Group.

EventScotland

The national agency which seeks to position Scotland as an event destination; a subsidiary of VisitScotland.

Scottish Funding Council

Supporting the sector by promoting further and higher education.

Scottish Tourism Forum

Lead trade body and acts as a strategic partner for SE in working with the new industry leadership group.