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Rebalancing Scottish tourism

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Fiona Campbell

Today, Airbnb has launched the Edinburgh Community Fund, a new grant to ensure the city benefits directly from tourism this summer, as Edinburgh rebuilds from the pandemic.

Around the world Airbnb supports the collection and remittance of tourist taxes as a way to ensure tourism gives back to communities and believes it should be up to each local community to determine if a tourist tax is right for them.

In Edinburgh, which does not have a tourist tax mechanism in place, Airbnb is committed to ensuring that locals benefit from each individual stay this summer – much like how a tourism tax would operate.

Airbnb will donate £5 from each stay that takes place in Edinburgh during the month of August, which includes the summer festival period. The money raised will go towards a fund managed by Hosts from Edinburgh and community organisations, and will back local projects in the city.

Find out more.

First Minister’s Update 28th May

Posted on May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 by Fiona Campbell

At today’s media briefing the First Minister said that there are signs that the situation in Glasgow is stabilising in the postcodes at the heart of the initial outbreak and across the city generally, and that, if that trend continues, the city can move to Level 2 from 00:01 on Saturday 5 June.

Further funding has been made available to Glasgow City Council to provide additional support for businesses in hospitality and leisure in Glasgow, with grants ranging from £250 to £750 per week.

Other areas of concern across Scotland continue to be monitored closely, including Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Clackmannanshire. These areas will remain in Level 2 for now, although public health efforts will be intensified to tackle the increased prevalence.

Read the full statement here.

The Scottish Government’s timetable for easing restrictions has been published. The timetable sets out how and when we plan to lift the current coronavirus restrictions over the coming weeks and months.

The First Minister also covered the following (28.5.21):

Daily statistics: the First Minister confirmed that 641 new positive cases were identified in the past 24 hours, of which 234 were in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area, 132 in Lothian, and 104 in the Lanarkshire health board. The number of people in hospital had increased to 90 (+7), while 6 (+2) are also in ICUs, and 2 deaths were registered in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths under that measurement to 7,668.
Vaccination statistics: 3,196,051 people received a first dose of the Covid vaccine, which was an increase of 21,244 since yesterday. 28,721 got a second dose of the vaccine yesterday, bringing the total number of those fully vaccinated to 1,971,006.
The First Minister provided an overview of the situation in Scotland, highlighting that case numbers were rising and had increased by more than a quarter in the past week. The Indian variant was now thought to be responsible for 50% or more of new cases in Scotland and the R number could be as high as 1.3.
In terms of Glasgow, due to “uncomfortably high cases”, the First Minister announced that the city will remain under Level 3 for another week and that affected businesses would be provided with the necessary support. However, she also said that the situation was stabilising that that she was hopeful that Glasgow could move to Level 2 by 5 June. She will make the decision by 2 June.
With mainland Scotland expected to move from Level 2 to Level 1 on 7 June, the First Minister said that she was planning to confirm to the Scottish Parliament on 1 June “whether and to what extent that move will proceed.”

SURVEY: THE IMPACT OF RESTRICTIONS ON TOURISM IN SCOTLAND

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Fiona Campbell

With much of the tourism industry reopening, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers is asking operators to complete this quick survey to help us ascertain current business performance, recovery prospects and confidence levels within the self-catering sector.

We are running this survey in conjunction with the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions, Wild Scotland and Sail Scotland, in order to establish a cross sectoral vision of tourism in Scotland.

The survey should only take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

We will be using the data collected in the survey to help inform key stakeholders, including the Scottish Government and VisitScotland, about the prospects for, and needs of, the sector in 2021. The survey results will also be used to inform and shape ASSC’s ongoing lobbying efforts with the Scottish and UK Governments.

It is through data collected from these surveys that we are able to best inform and argue on behalf of the industry. It is therefore essential that we receive as many responses as possible to help us ensure that the sector’s needs are being represented.

Thank you!

Take the survey.