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To impose from the centre a particular strand of tourism in one area would hardly be likely to succeed. Communities are showing a lively interest in the issues. I ran a meeting in Oban recently to talk about the simple issue of extra marina places in Oban Bay.
The model of delivery is perhaps secondary.I am concerned that developments in places such as the Highlands, where I live, rely on there being enough workers to carry them out.
One reason why people are reluctant to retire or to hand on is because they do not have a home to go to and they want to stay in their local community—I suppose that they want to live near their spiritual home, where they have lived all their lives.
A good example is our on-island computed tomography scanner, which will go live later this summer. The gross revenue commitment for that—after we have bought the scanner and kitted out the building—will be about £400,000 a year.
Children will go to the nursery and then move on to the primary school and the secondary school. I live in a very popular area where there is huge demand.