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Updated: 09:13, 26 February 2021
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A £3 million fund to support Scotlandâs tour guides affected by the pandemic has been launched today by VisitScotland, with the publication of guidance in advance of opening for applications.
Scotlandâs Tour Guides Fund is being administered by the national tourism organisation on behalf of the Scottish Government and has been developed in collaboration with Cairngorms Business Partnership and the Scottish Tourist Guides Association.
The fund will come as a relief to scores of people across Ross-shire who make their living in the sector.
Article By Calum MacLeod Published: 08:03, 25 February 2021
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Yvonne Crook (left) and Sam Faircliff (right), co-founders of Highland Tourism.
A NEW organisation hopes to give a unified voice to the Highland tourism sector as it meets the challenge of recovery from Covid-19 and the impact of Brexit.
Sustainability will also be an important factor for the new group, as well as finding ways to promote the region to potential customers and support its members.
Highland Tourism is a new community interest company set up Yvonne Crook, who runs catering company Good Highland Food with her husband Mike and has over 20 years of experience in destination management in Scotland and Europe, and Sam Faircliff, the managing director of Cairngorm Brewery who played a pivotal role in establishing the Cairngorms Business Partnership.
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Tour guides fund launched to help key figures in Highland visitor sector who have gone without work for a year By Tom Ramage
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Updated: 17:16, 25 February 2021
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A £3 million fund to support Scotlandâs tour guides affected by the pandemic has been launched today by VisitScotland, with the publication of guidance in advance of opening for applications.
Scotlandâs Tour Guides Fund is being administered by the national tourism organisation on behalf of the Scottish Government and has been developed in collaboration with Cairngorms Business Partnership and the Scottish Tourist Guides Association.
SCOTLAND’S Tourism Secretary has “let the cat out the bag” after admitting that his own Government s plans to regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets could penalise traders in rural parts of the country. Businesses in more isolated parts of Scotland have warned the plans are a “blunt instrument” that will see trade impacted across the country when the industry is attempting to recover from the pandemic. The Scottish Government has drawn up plans to require owners of short-term let properties to obtain a licence from their local council or face fines of up to £50,000. If approved, the proposals will come into force on April 1. But local authorities will have until April 1, 2022 to establish a scheme in their area and open it to receive applications, with existing hosts having until April 1, 2023 to apply.