Overseas visitors are coming to Scotland in greater numbers than before the pandemic.
Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics show that Scotland has staged a stronger post-pandemic recovery than the UK as a whole, welcoming 1.4 million international tourist visits from July to September last year – up 14% on the same period in 2019.
Visitors spent a record Ā£1.5 billion ā 18% more than during the same three months in 2019 when adjusted for inflation.
At the same time, the number of visits in the UK as a wholeĀ was downĀ compared to the same period in 2019.
Iām Graemeās Parliamentary Assistant based at Holyrood, but I support his constituency work as well. Having been Caseworker to an Aberdeenshire MP some years prior, joining Graeme's team in 2019 was a return to this line of work from a role in fundraising.