Wildlife Tourism Workshop
Thursday 12th October 2006
Urr Valley Hotel
Castle Douglas £40 + VAT

Friday 13th October 2006
Familiarisation Trip £20 + VAT

Scotland’s natural heritage is one of its most important tourism assets, but visitors need high quality information and advice to help them enjoy it. These events will help you guide visitors to wildlife and natural heritage resources in your local area.

We aim to give you a good knowledge of the variety of wildlife on land and in the seas around, as well as an appreciation of what visitors may be looking for and some tips on how to make their experience more rewarding.

This two day programme (including guided study trip) is part of a scheme to develop natural heritage tourism throughout Scotland and is being supported by Scottish Natural Heritage.

Objectives - By the end of day one, participants will:

• Appreciate the immense potential of wildlife tourism as part of Scotland’s tourism product;
• Be aware of key wildlife tourism resources in their area;
• Know how to get further information on any aspect of the subject;
• Feel confident about giving accurate information that is tailored to the characteristics of the visitor;
• Understand the key conservation issues concerning wildlife watching;
• Feel enthusiastic about helping to develop this aspect of tourism in their area.

Contact TBT for more details or to express an interest:
Tourist Board Training, 22A Eglinton Street, Irvine. Ayrshire KA12 8AS
Phone: 01294 313006 Fax: 01294 313016 Email: tbt@tbt.visitscotland.com