LOCAL groups in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch are being encouraged to apply to the Scottish Government’s new £6million Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund by constituency MSP Kate Forbes.
The money, in response to the tourism boom across rural Scotland, will be invested over two years (2018/19 and 2019/20) and, says the government, will help ensure the services and facilities tourists and communities need are provided.
The new fund will support a wide range of improvement projects including parking, camping, recycling points and footpath access in Skye and Fort William as well as at Historic Environment Scotland sites. Ms Forbes commented: