Category: Visit Scotland
Cycling Tourism Industry Guide
VisitScotland has published a new Cycling Tourism Industry Guide. It can help you make the most of the cycling tourism market and help Scotland establish itself as a world-class cycling destination. With the UCI Cycling World Championships around the corner, this guide will help your business to capitalise on the growing cycling tourism market.
We aim to provide businesses with information on the scale of the cycling tourism opportunity. Through robust market insights, and advice on how best to reach our cycling visitors, we want to help you to service their specific needs. A little investment can go a long way for this market.
Cycling has experienced a boom in interest from our visitors both international and domestic. People can experience all that Scotland has to offer as they seek to improve their health and well-being.
SHORT-TERM LETS LEGISLATION CHANGES IN SCOTLAND
VisitScotland has today published a Short-Term Let landing page on VisitScotland.org.
New Scottish legislation for short-term lets will come into effect on 1 October 2022. Learn what the legal requirements for letting a holiday property are, and how the new licensing laws in Scotland will work.
You can find all the information that the Industry Advisory Group has collated on this page pertaining to the new short-term let regulations.
We look forward to continuing to add more content to the pages in the coming weeks and months.
What is the short-term let legislation?
The Scottish Government has introduced a licensing regime for short-term lets in Scotland. Under the scheme, local authorities will be required to establish a short-term let licensing scheme by 1 October 2022.
If you are an existing host or operator (operating before 1 October 2022) you will have to apply for a licence before 1 April 2023.
After 1 October 2022, new operators of short-term let accommodation must have a licence before taking any bookings.
By 1 July 2024 it will be illegal to operate a short-term let without a licence.