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VisitScotland, in conjunction with CalMac, is looking at an additional marketing investment to encourage visitors and mitigate any impact the islands may suffer from the short term disruption at Ullapool.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 January 2013
This debate is welcome and provides an opportunity to allow the expression of ideas beyond those that are expressed in the party submissions and for their case to be made in more detail.
Something dawned on me as I was listening to all the discussions this morning. I am aware that the UK’s credit rating has been downgraded. What impact is that likely to have on the public purse, given the cost of debt?
A whole host of programmes have come to fruition recently, such as “Fortitude” on Sky and “Trapped”, both from Iceland. Thirdly, if you look at the end credits, you will see that such programmes involve a whole smörgåsbord of contributors and partners—the makers have built up networks of collaborators across Scandinavia and Germany.
I know that short-term lets bring many benefits to hosts, visitors and the Scottish economy. They are an important source of flexible and responsive accommodation for tourists and workers.
However, in areas in which we have seen an economic decline, such as construction, as work on many sites has come to a stop, and car sales, which have effectively stopped, we are seeing a reduction in freight.