Research & Statistics

Adventure Sports

Adventure sports includes a wide variety of sports such as kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, climbing, skiing and windsurfing.

Please read on for some research that VisitScotland recently conducted with adventure sports tourists. You can click on the links below to download summary documents of research available.

Splash White Water Rafting, Perthshire

Climbing in Glen Coe, Highlands

The Glencoe Mountain Resort, Highland

Skiing research

Information on tourists from the UK & Ireland who go skiing in Scotland.

pdf Skiing research (June 2006) (120 KB)

Hebridean Surf Holidays, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Adventure sports tourism

Information on visitor profile, trip characteristics etc. for tourists from the UK& Ireland

pdfAdventure sports research (July 2006) (PDF 73 KB)