Tourism
The tourism sector is an important contributor to the region’s economic performance. In 2002, UK residents took some 0.5m tourist trips to the Scottish Borders and spent a total of 1.7m bednights and £82m in the area.
Tourism related employment accounts for around 8% of the workforce in the Scottish Borders. Tourism now employs more people in the Borders than either agriculture, forestry and fishing, or construction.
The strategic framework for tourism development in Scotland is detailed in the Scottish Government's (then Scottish Executive) ‘Tourism Framework for Action’ (TFFA) which has a number of key objectives and themes.
At a local level, Scottish Borders Council, Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland Borders have produced a three year strategy for 2006-2009 called "Connect Thinking" in line with the national TFFA. Although the public and private sector have a major role to play in tourism, a key component of the strategy is to emphasise that we all have a role to play and "tourism is everybody’s business".
Click on the appropriate link (to external websites) for further information:
- VisitScotland is an excellent site to decide what to see and do in Scotland
- Visit Scottish Borders provides visitor information at a local level
- New Ways website provides a summary of "Connect Thinking"
For further business development information got to this external website.
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