Countryside Visitors - Who Pays?

Rural tourism makes a massive contribution to Scotland’s economy, including generating £1.2 billion from walking tourism alone, as well as improving the country’s social capital in terms of health and wellbeing.

But many who live in rural communitie are not getting their fair share of the benefits.

SEDA Land is running a conversation on how more of the fiscal and other benefits generated by visitors - tourists, day-trippers, dog-walkers, mountain-bikers and other extreme sports enthusiasts - to the countryside might be channelled back into the affected areas.

Find out more at the link including how to register. 

SEDA are a network of around 350 members predominantly in Scotland, linking those seeking ecological information and services with those who provide them. They aim to share knowledge, skills and experience of ecological design, encourage sustainable thinking and promoting environmentally proactive behaviour.