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Industry News from Dec 2020

New fund to support Marine and Outdoor Tourism

22/12/2020
Adventure and marine tourism businesses in Scotland will be able to apply for a share of a new £2.5 million fund to help them prepare for the 2021 visitor season. The new fund will be launched towards the end of January and will be administered by VisitS...

£2.5 million emergency funding secured for Scotland’s Adventure, Wildlife and Marine Activity Sectors

22/12/2020
22 Dec 20 £2.5 million emergency funding secured for Scotland’s Adventure, Wildlife and Marine Activity Sectors   The two membership organisations have worked tirelessly to secure funding for the Adventure, Wildlife and Marine Activity Sectors to supp...

Grants for businesses that are required to close by law as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Find out who is eligible and how to apply

22/12/2020
Grants for businesses that are required to close by law as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Find out who is eligible and how to apply   Overview If your business is required to close by law or to significantly change its operations due to COVID-19 ...

New guidance issued for the festive period approach to Christmas – Scotland

21/12/2020
Restrictions tightened due to spread of new variant of COVID-19. Scotland will significantly tighten protections against Coronavirus (COVID-19) to prevent the spread of the new, highly contagious strain of the virus. Following confirmation that the new va...

Adventure Tourism Week 2020 – Follow up

07/12/2020
ADVENTURE TOURISM WEEK 2020 VisitScotland, Wild Scotland and Sail Scotland joined forces to bring you Adventure Tourism Week from 16 – 20 November. The week brought together (virtually) marine, activity, wildlife and adventure operators from across Scot...

Scotland’s West Coast – that shaped the world

04/12/2020
Launch of West Coast Story Gathering Project Do you have a west coast story to share? The Coast that Shaped the World is a community-led story gathering project, looking to build a bank of stories, covering the west coast of Scotland from Wester Ross and ...

Festive Guidance for Scotland COVID-19

04/12/2020
Festive Guidance Scotland COVID-19 Joint agreement on festive period The Scottish Government has agreed a cautious and limited relaxation of the rules on household meetings to support people over the Christmas period. A maximum of three households are to ...

Walk once a day this winter – New Winter Campaign

03/12/2020
For a winter boost to body and mind, join us and pledge to walk every day this winter Will you join us to walk once a day this winter?   We know it has been a topsy-turvy year for everyone. So this winter we’re bringing some cheer, motivation a...

Safeguarding Scotland’s marine environment

03/12/2020
Safeguarding Scotland’s marine environment New sites to offer protection for iconic species. Minke whale, basking sharks and Risso’s dolphins will be among a wide range of biodiversity and geological features to be safeguarded following the designatio...

Final report rounds up the highly-successful first phase of the Highland Perthshire Gravel Trails Project

03/12/2020
Final report rounds up the highly-successful first phase of the Highland Perthshire Gravel Trails Project The final report of the Highland Perthshire Gravel Trails details the different stages of the project and evaluates its success, using the key findin...

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