Visitors to Inchcailloch NNR, Loch lomond (Pic: Lorne Gill/SNH) NATURE-BASED tourism has been booming as the public escape the cities for a breath of fresh countryside air – but the increase in visitor numbers has taken a on basic infrastructure at popular sites. Now community groups, charities and other organisations are being encouraged to apply to a new £200,000 fund to help them with visitor management. The NatureScot 'Better Places' Green Recovery Fund will help to identify the local impacts and opportunities at nature destinations across the country. These challenges include increasing capacity for higher numbers of visitors at ‘hotspots’, including parking and traffic management; issues associated with more people camping, such as accommodating more campervans; and tackling the high-profile incidents of littering, wildfires, toileting and general damage to nature.