What is VisitScotland’s Green Tourism Business Scheme?
• The tourism industry in Scotland needs to share in the responsibility to protect our tourism assets. VisitScotland has developed one of the world’s first Green Tourism Business Schemes, to do just that. All sorts of tourism businesses from hotels to visitor attractions can a play a role in protecting our environment through the Green Tourism Business Scheme so that we maintain all we’ve got to offer our visitors well into the future. • There are currently around 700 Scottish tourism businesses involved in the scheme. • The Scottish Government have laid down a target for tourism businesses and VisitScotland to increase membership of the green tourism business scheme each year, so that by 2010, 30 per cent of businesses who participate in the VisitScotland Quality Assurance schemes will also be at entry level or above in the Green Tourism Business Scheme. The aspiration is to have all ‘Quality Assured’ tourism businesses at least at entry level by 2015. • For more information visit www
