HOT ON the heels of the launch of Wild About Argyll in Glasgow at the end of January, Argyll and the Isles Tourism Co-operative (AITC) has welcomed evidence of Argyll’s booming tourism economy.
AITC, which hosts its sixth annual tourism summit at the Lochawe Hotel on March 21, cites Scottish Government statistics from 2011 to 2014 which show Argyll and the Isles comprehensively outperformed Scotland in terms of tourism.
Argyll and the Isles total visitor spend increased from £199m to £270m - an increase of 36 per cent compared with four percent for Scotland - while turnover rose from £167m to £227m, an increase of 36 per cent against 15 per cent for Scotland.