Tourism Businesses in Scotland

This dashboard looks at businesses within the Sustainable Tourism Growth Sector as identified in Scotland's Economic Strategy. Scotland's Tourism Sector is a diverse industry made up of a range of subsectors such as hotels, camping sites and other forms of short stay accommodation, restaurants, bars, travel agents, museums and other recreational and cultural activities.

More information regarding the definition of the Sustainable Tourism Sector can be found on Tourism in Scotland: the economic contribution of the sector - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

Please note this dashboard contains multiple tabs - move through the available tabs by using the arrows at the bottom of the viewer.

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Business unit figures are available for the period 2008 - 2024.
Employment figures are available for the period 2009 - 2023.
Turnover and GVA figures are available for the period 2009 - 2022.

Additional information on Scottish businesses can also be found on Scottish Annual Business Statistics 2022 - gov.scot

If you require alternative formats of this data or visualisation please contact sto@visitscotland.com and the team will be able to assist.