VisitScotland's Scenario Planning team has organised two upcoming lectures and published a new Viewpoint article.

Futures Lecture : Dubai: A Study in Sustainability?

Dubai is arguably the most luxurious destination in the world, offering the world’s most exclusive hotels and indoor ski experiences. But is Dubai a sustainable proposition or a bubble that is about burst. Bärbel Kirchner from Dubai Tourism addresses such a proposition.

Where: VisitScotland, Ocean Point
Date: Wednesday 25 April, 12 noon.
Time: A light buffet will be served at 12 noon with the lecture commencing at 12.30. The lecture will finish by 1.45pm

Further information is available on visitscotland.org here. To reserve a place, please email research@visitscotland.com

Sense and Nonsense in the Economic Growth Debate

Date: 23 May
Speaker: Professor Brain Ashcroft, Strathclyde University

What is fact, what is fiction, what is achievable? Professor Brian Ashcroft of the renowned Fraser of Allander Institute ponders over the debate about economic development, growth and fiscal autonomy in Scotland.

More information is available is available here.

Viewpoint

Sandy Dear discusses why tourism must be a sustianable tourism proposition, whether economic, environmental, social or community based.

Details are available on visitscotland.org