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Overview

  • Scotland's two National Parks, the Cairngorms National Park and Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park contain a fascinating landscape which stretches over a number of different local authority areas.
  • In 2023, there were 433,000 overnight trips in Scotland by domestic visitors that included a visit to a National Park. Data from the International Passenger Survey for international visitors cannot be broken down to the national park level.
  • On this page, you will find information from the Scotland Visitor Survey which explores the visitor experience.

1. Scotland Visitor Survey 2023

In 2023, we commissioned the Scotland Visitor Survey to gather insight on visitor attitudes and behaviours. The survey explores all aspects of the visitor experience in Scotland. The scope of the survey was leisure overnight visitors only.

The survey also allows us to explore the experiences of visitors to regions of Scotland. To maximise the sample size for analysis, the results for the national parks are based on overnight visitors to Scotland who visited a national park. They may not have stayed overnight within the park itself.

Information is also available at a Scotland level on a variety of topics including motivations, planning and booking, travel, attractions, food and drink and satisfaction. Detail on the background and study methodology is also available.

Scotland Visitor Survey 2023 - Cairngorms National Park fact sheet

Published September 2024

Scotland Visitor Survey 2023 - Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park fact sheet

Published September 2024

2. Methodology

The data published on this page is sourced from the following studies:

Great Britain Tourism Survey

Jointly sponsored by VisitEngland, VisitScotland and VisitWales. 
Browse more information on domestic overnight tourism to Scotland.

Scotland Visitor Survey

Commissioned by VisitScotland. The sample size for Cairngorms National Park was 805 and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park was 894 overnight visitors to Scotland who visited the national park.
Explore details from the Scotland Visitor Survey.

3. Additional research resources

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