SECTION 3: VISITSCOTLAND’S ROLE What is VisitScotland doing about protecting the environment and sustainable growth?
• VisitScotland is committed to the Scottish Government ambition to grow tourism in Scotland in a sustainable way, both through its own activities and advice for the tourism industry in Scotland. Initiatives to assist with this include: • Green Tourism Business Scheme, which encourages tourism businesses in Scotland to reduce their impact on the environment (link to question below). VisitScotland’s own offices are members of, or are working towards membership of the Green Tourism Business Scheme. • VisitScotland has established a Sustainable Tourism Unit to incorporate sustainable tourism approaches into all of VisitScotland’s activities (link to question below) • VisitScotland has developed an environmental policy, which will be presented to the VisitScotland Board in January 2007, and made public thereafter. • VisitScotland is a member of the Sustainable Tourism Partnership • VisitScotand has provided £5,000 to fund research into the potential of a voluntary carbon off-set scheme for
