Category: How to Guide

New resource to support businesses create their Climate Action Plan

Posted on 24 March 2023

In partnership with Green Tourism and The Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, VisitScotland have created a new resource to help businesses create and manage their own Climate Action Plan that’s aligned with the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action in Tourism. The guide covers: • Identifying, measuring your carbon emissions • How to adapt to unavoidable climate change • Support nature-based solutions • Communicating […]

Unpack China – new online toolkit to assist Scottish tourism recovery

Posted on 12 April 2022

Unpack China, a brand-new online training toolkit was launched at the annual ETAG Conference on Thursday 31 March 2022.  Aiming to assist Scottish tourism recovery from the inbound Chinese visitor market once international travel opens up again, Unpack China is a series of short films and resources, available online and for free, which will help Scotland’s […]

Preparing to re-open

Posted on 19 June 2020

Following the publication on Scottish Government guidance on re-opening (issued 18th June) VisitScotland have created a resource to help your business get ready to re-open. A new dedicated section of the VisitScotland website has the latest guidance checklists for your business specific advice for your sub-sector Check out VisitScotland to keep up-to-date on the latest […]

Free online training: Understanding Data in the Tourism Industry

Posted on 12 February 2020

How could you benefit from using data in your tourism business? Learn all about the opportunities of tourism data, with this FREE online CPD course from Edinburgh Napier University. Join the course for FREE Discover how data can be used to drive business decisions Data gives businesses in the travel and tourism industry the foundation they need […]

DTS Visitor Feedback Learning Hub

Posted on 22 June 2018

Any businesses looking for further support in managing their online reputation can now pick from over 20 short courses on how to best manage your visitor feedback. Digital Tourism Scotland’s Visitor Feedback Learning Hub offers free practical advice and step-by-step guides for experienced users and those just getting to grips with the basics. The Courses […]

#EdCal – Read all About it!

Posted on 15 March 2015

Following our great success at #Edcal we are now sharing the monthly calendars. Follow the link to the completed monthly calendars and download away! To date we have April – June (oh and October – thanks Sheena at Visit Scotland). More to follow, very soon. A reminder: Columns A to I are purely for inspiration, e.g. Is there […]