Tourism in Scotland 2008

In 2008 around 15 million tourists took overnights trips to Scotland.  The annual spend was over £4.0 billion. Scottish Tourism contributes 11% of the Scottish service sector economy compared to 9% for the UK as a whole.  Please note that International Passenger Figures from Office of National Statisitcs are currently provisional and may be subject to change upon revision.

Tourism in Scotland 2008 PDF document 88kb The Tourism in Scotland report provides an annual overview of statistics from the main tourism surveys.

Tourism in Scotland -Previous Years
Previous years factsheet

Tourism in Scotland 2007 PDF document 63kb
Tourism in Scotland 2006 PDF document 40kb
Tourism in Scotland 2005 PDF document 485kb

Please note that, due to changes in the ONS International Passenger Survey (IPS) and the United Kingdom Tourism Survey (UKTS), statistics from 2005 are not comparable with previous years.

Tourism-related Employment in Scotland 2006
This factsheet provides information on tourism-related employment in Scotland, sourced from the Annual Business Inquiry.

Tourism-related Employment in Scotland 2006 PDF document 65kb