Capital City: Edinburgh

Air Transport links: Five main international airports (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Prestwick and Inverness Airport) which together serve over 150 international destinations with a wide variety of scheduled and chartered flights.

Visitors to Scotland

• Total visitors to Scotland: 16 million
• Overseas visitors: 2.7 million
• UK visitors: 13.3 million

(source of statistics - 2006 United Kingdom Tourism Survey and ONS International Passenger Survey)

Click the following links to found out more information on Regional and National statistics.

• Regional Tourism Statistics
• National Tourism Statistics

For Scottish tourism statistics go to: www.visitscotland.org/research_and_statistics

For frequently asked questions go to: www.visitscotland.org/about_us/faqs

For holiday and booking information on Scotland go to our consumer website: www.visitscotland.com

For more statistics on Scotland visit the Research and Statistics section.