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How to find data using the site navigation, search and filters

The Observatory site has been developed with navigation and search tools to help you find specific data as quickly as possible, although we’re happy if you just wish to browse!

Navigation

The data section of the site is accessible from the top navigation bar. 

The Home page also provides links to data and flags up new content. 

The data is provided in the form of interactive dashboards and graphs and downloadable datasets, broken down into several sections, namely

  • Tourism Topics - where you’ll find data and analyses on specific topics or themes, such as accommodation and transport 
  • Performance and Timeseries - where you can find timeseries data from sources such as national statistics.

On the top navigation bar, you can also find the Community section which signposts tourism data sources and support resources. 

Search

If you’re looking for specific data on your region or sector, you can search the website or use filters to narrow your results

There are a number of ways to do this:

  • You can do a quick data search on the homepage
  • You can filter your search results on the Scotland data by location and topic 
  • And you can also use the filters provided on the data dashboards to select the data you need

To search all of the Observatory content (not just data), you can use the search button on the top navigation bar.

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