Attendees at the funding announcement in West Kilbride included Marc Crothall CEO, Scottish Tourism Alliance; Professor John Lennon, director of the Moff at Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development, Glasgow Caledonian University; Councillor Alex Gallagher, North Ayrshire Council, Karen Yeomans, director of Economy and Communities, North Ayrshire Council; Alastair Dobson, MD of Taste of Arran/Arran Dairies; Tom Campbell, consultant; Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs; Linda Johnston, founder and MD of Auchrannie resort, Arran; and David Mann, Director of Scottish Maritime Museum and chairman of West Kilbride Community Initiative.
Tourism on Arran is to receive millions of pounds of funding in two recently announced funding initiatives aimed at celebrating our natural heritage and promoting the area as a top tourist destination.
The Scottish Government announced a £300,000 funding boost for tourism in Ayrshire, Firth of Clyde and Clyde Islands at an industry event hosted by Scottish Tourism Alliance at The Waterside Hotel in West Kilbride on Wednesday.