I ticked off an item from my ‘Highland To Do’ list last week. It took me less than an hour, including hanging around to soak up the atmosphere; any longer and the damp would have started to seep through my boots. But even in the cold and the drizzle of last Thursday afternoon it didn’t… Read more »
Posts Tagged: VisitScotland
Scotland relies on tourism. Let’s get it right for every single one.
For a country with a population of just over 5 million Scotland doesn’t half punch above its weight. It has been well documented that we discovered, invented or manufactured many things without which the modern world would be very different, from the phone and the TV, through penicillin and anaesthesia, to modern banking, the pneumatic… Read more »
Meet John Thurso: the top man at VisitScotland
There were a few raised eyebrows in March when former Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Liberal Democrat MP Lord Thurso was announced as the new Chair of VisitScotland. The surprise came from a couple of directions; from those who were impressed that an SNP government would appoint a Lib Dem to such an important role,… Read more »