Assessing the economic impacts of nature based tourism in Scotland

7. Horse Riding
95% = £650,000 (x 0.95)
40% = £1,250,000 (x 0.4)
20% = £4,500,000 (x 0.2)
8. Water sports
Scottish visitors = 30% of all spend Water Sports
Sailing
40% : £60.1m (x 0.4)
Other Water Sports Scottish visitors = 40% of all spend
95% : £8m (x 0.95)
20% : £2m (x 0.2)
9. Conservation Work
95% : £9m (x 0.95)
Scottish visitors = 20% of all spend
10. Other Specialist Interest
95% = £1.5m (x 0.95)
40% = £2.75m (x 0.4)
20% = £1.5m (x 0.2)
Scotland = 30% of all spend
11. Scenery
Total Spend (£1.1bn) = Rural Scotland Spend (£1.7billion) - Prime Purpose Spend
(£0.6 billion)
95% : £250,000 (x 0.95)
40% : £350,000 (x 0.4)
20% : £510,000 (x 0.2)
Scottish visitors = 25% of all spend
12. FTE – Full time employment
£35,000 per FTE is an approximate up-to-date average for Scotland for the sectors of
spend by nature-based visitors based on empirical evidence (company accounts, etc).
This is similar to an inflation adjusted STMS-based estimate that other consultants
have recently used for visitor spending in Scotland (e.g. EKOS in their evaluation of
Homecoming 2009). Ratios given in this report from other consultants might be
inaccurate, or not at 2008 prices, or not for Scotland as a whole.
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