The tourism spend in the Outer Hebrides has been estimated to be worth £64.5m, according to a recent visitor survey, after islanders welcomed more than 200,000 visitors to the area last year.
At last Wednesday’s meeting of the comhairle’s sustainable development committee, members were presented the findings of the 2017 Islands Visitor Survey, which show an increase in tourists visiting the islands since the last survey in 2013.
The friendliness of locals, value for money at visitor attractions and quality of local produce impressed the 218,965 people who visited the islands in 2017 – with 82 per cent saying they were ‘very satisfled’ with their experience. However, the poor quality of digital connectivity across the islands, such as mobile networks, wiThand 3G or 4G, was the most significant area of dissatisfaction.
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