general reading
TiG and Scottish Natural Heritage have produced a Responsible Visitors Guide. The guide encourages visitors to follow simple steps to play their own part in conserving Scotlands natural envronment, wildlife and cultural heritage.
TiG's TECHNOLOGY TIPS
How to brief a web site developer - a starter's guide. This brief covers a range of important points to consider when developing a new website and helps explain what work is needed. This brief is available to all tourism businesses. Please email us to request an electronic copy.
TNS Travel and Tourism SURVEY:
Omnibus survey presented at Tourism Innovation Day 2007. Survey 1 - Find out if Environmental Issues alter holiday choices. Survey 2 - Scottish public's holiday choices and intentions for the future. The questions were undertaken at the beginning of this year and are literally hot off the press!
Tourism Framework for Change - Scotland's NEW Tourism Strategy
Read about plans for the next decade in Scottish tourism in the Tourism Framework for Change.
Sustainability: Scotland's Competitive Edge?
Dave Key Presentation notes - 16th January 2006. Read more .
5 Steps...Towards a Sustainable Tourism Business
A 5-step guide to help you towards becoming a more sustainable tourism business.
Read more.
Environmental Tourism
Recent research on visitor attitudes to Scotland show conclusively that the environment is Scotland's number one asset. Three out of the top five attributes associated with Scotland before a trip were environment focussed (scenery, nature and wildlife, wilderness). For more information follow this link.
Tig newsletter
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Archived Newsletters
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March 2008 Newsletter
This edition includes a summary of the recent Tourism Innovation Day at Hampden Park, Agritourism and details about Innovation Eg, a new idea, set up this year as part of the Glasgow Edinburgh Collaboration initiative, to encourage new, collaborative thinking from young professionals in Scottish tourism and hospitality.
December 2007 Newsletter
This edition features details on the new visitor centre at Culloden, linking air miles with green miles and wind powered leaflet marketing.
September 2007 Newsletter
This edition features the new innovative Yotel at Gatwick, the online Tourism FoodKit launched by Food Tourism Scotland and the Murray Arms Hotel's new green holiday package.
May 2007 Newsletter
This edition includes the newly launched Whisky Coast, VisitScotland.Com's Web-In-A-Box, Life changing tours with Charlie Cornelius and Tourism Intelligence Scotland...phew that was a jammed packed edition!
February 2007 Newsletter
This edition provided updates on Tourism Innovation Day 2007! Gives information on the newly launched Scottish Snowdrop Festival! And discussed other innovative news...
November 2006 Newsletter
This edition contains articles on the Thistle Awards, The Lochaber Adventure Passport and Snow Sports Scotland - to name a few. There are also updates on 100K welcomes and changes here at TiG.
July 2006 Newsletter
The first edition of our new quarterly newsletter is packed with what's new and innovative in Scottish tourism including Big Brother listening in at Loch Ness, GPS technology improving the tourism offer on the Western Isles and a Show Scotland 2006 round-up.