Within The Scottish Goverment, tourism is part of the Education Department. The department's full remit includes responsibility for tourism, sport, culture, the arts, Gaelic and external relations.

March 2006 saw the publication of Scottish Tourism: The Next Decade - A Tourism Framework for Change.  It followed 2002's "Tourism Framework for Action 2002-2005". and the "New Strategy for Scottish Tourism" in 2000.

The new document takes a fresh look at what's happening in tourism markets, both globally and in Scotland, and how the tourism market might change over the next decade. It sets out what tourism and hospitality businesses, related sectors like transport and retail, and the public sector agencies which support them, need to do to keep Scottish tourism growing sustainably in that changing market.

The Government, through the Tourism, Culture and Sport division of the Education Department, provides core funding for VisitScotland.

Contact Details
The Scottish Government Education Dept
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Tel: 0131 556 8400
Email: ceu@scotland.gov.uk

Related Sites & Information

The Scottish Government

Scottish Parliament

New Strategy for Scottish Tourism

New Strategy for Scottish Golf Tourism

Scotland's National Cultural Strategy

(Please note that the above are links to external sites)