That the Parliament congratulates Shetland businesses Shetland Seabird Tours – the Noss Boat and Wild Skies Shetland for winning the Best Visitor Attraction Experience and Working Together for Tourism Awards, respectively, at the Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards 2022; understands that Shetland Seabird Tours operate daily tours to the National Nature Reserve at Noss from Lerwick to showcase Shetland’s marine wildlife to visitors and that Wild Skies Shetland is a volunteer-run charity that aims to showcase Unst skies and works with other organisations to do so; notes that this is the first time that two Shetland businesses have won awards at the same time and considers this a recognition of the high quality of the tourism sector in Shetland; commends both businesses for their hard work, and wishes them well in the national final of the Scottish Thistle Awards by VisitScotland in February 2023.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Graeme Dey, Jackie Dunbar, Annabelle Ewing, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Liam McArthur, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Emma Roddick, Collette Stevenson, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance