From news.gov.scot today:
- The number of European visitors to Scotland increased by 19% in 2018, according to official statistics released today.
- Overall there was a 10% increase in visits from overseas tourists and a 1.2% increase in domestic (Great Britain) overnight visits to Scotland.
- These increases compare to a 3% decrease in overseas tourism visits and a 6% decrease in overseas expenditure for the UK as a whole.
https://news.gov.scot/news/rise-in-european-visitors-1
Earlier reports revealing same trend and explaining it:
Massive increase in overseas tourists coming to Scotland as numbers fall across the UK as a whole
From the Scottish Business News Network yesterday ‘The number of overseas tourists visiting Scotland rose by almost a quarter in the 12 months to the end of March 2018, compared to the same period in 2016/17. Figures released by the…
Spending by tourists in Scotland soars by infinitely more than in non-Scottish parts of UK!
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414% increase in Chinese tourist spending since 2007!
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Seven major Scottish tourist attractions now attracting more than a million visitors a year each!
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Tourists from North America flooding to Scotland in ever increasing numbers
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Talking-up Scotland 
This morning (Saturday, 25, May), I listened as I usually do to the excellent ‘Out of Doors’ on BBC Scotland. For years, this programme has traipsed around a’ the airts and pairts o’ Scotland, meeting people and enabling these individuals to talk about the successful projects thay have run and to laud the beauties of Caledonia. The presenters are jaunty, personable, but well-informed. It is a programme run on a shoestring. At the end of each one, I feel uplifted.
And, then … Good Morning Scotland starts: “Today we will tell you how pure shite Scotland and this EssEnnPee Government are and why we need to have RUTH DAVIDSON as FM, Queen, Empress ….”
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