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14/06/2007
VisitScotland’s Outer Hebrides network office is leading by example having recently secured a Silver Green Tourism Business Scheme award. The staff in the Stornoway office and Tourist Information Centre (TIC) are celebrating the fact their green credentials have been recognised as the Silver standard under the stringent GTBS assessment. More...14/06/2007
Visitors to Cambus O'May and Pannanich forests in Upper Deeside are being urged by Forestry Commission Scotland rangers to take extra care when exercising in the woods this summer in order to help respect and preserve valuable wildlife habitat. More...14/06/2007
With BBC’s Springwatch series broadcasting from Islay this year, residents expect an influx of visitors, as experienced by previous featured locations. Whilst welcoming this boost to tourism, Wild Scotland, Scotland’s wildlife tourism association, is sounding a note of caution to visitors, urging them to use responsible operators. More...14/06/2007
‘Ecoescape’ is a new travel guide which makes it easy for visitors to chose the green option when holidaying in the UK. More...14/06/2007
A national programme is being developed to support communities who are working to reduce their carbon footprint. More...14/06/2007
Ecotourism students at the University of Portsmouth have chosen to travel by train to the Cairngorms instead of heading to Grenada in the West Indies for their annual fieldtrip. The students favoured the Cairngorms National Park over the Caribbean island because of concerns about their carbon footprint. More...14/06/2007
The Cairngorms National Park offers residents, businesses and staff, and visitors a more sustainable way of getting round the Park, through the re-introduction of the unique ‘Heather Hopper’ bus service. More...14/06/2007
Sustrans, the UK’s leading sustainable transport charity, is working to win a multi-million pound grant which would benefit various communities throughout the UK, four of which are in Scotland. More...14/06/2007
VisitScotland, through the Sector Development department, is currently involved in a collaborative project which develops the links between farming and tourism. Working in partnership with FWAG and Scottish Natural Heritage, the three-year project ‘Linking Sustainable Farming, Tourism & Biodiversity’ runs across the Highlands & Islands area. More...14/06/2007
The Murray Arms Hotel in Gatehouse of Fleet is offering visitors something a bit different. Their ‘bike and hike’ package not only offers visitors the chance to explore the stunning Dumfries and Galloway countryside and wildlife, but encourages them to use only sustainable modes of travel. More... | 
