Assessing the economic impacts of nature based tourism in Scotland

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Cruise ship holidays Visits to nature reserves and protected areas Special interest holidays (volunteering) Scotland Scotland Scotland Outdoor culture and heritage in which tourists participate can also be nature-based, but including all of this would overstate the tourism importance of the natural heritage. 3.3 Area coverage Although the main interest of this study was in establishing impacts within Scotland, and regions (particularly the Highlands and Islands) where possible, some reports on particular areas provide results of wider relevance – either because they appear representative or because an activity is focused in particular parts of Scotland. Going back before the year 2000 would have provided more evidence for the study, but the relevance of this to current nature-based tourism would either not be possible to assess or would be known to be low. 3.4 Activity types, locations and participation requirements A synopsis of the types of people who participate in particular activities, the main types of location for these activities, and participant requirements (skills, equipment, support, etc) is provided as Appendix 1. Some activities (e.g. wildfowling, sub aqua, ice climbing) would only be carried out by experienced people – except where training is provided – and these tend to attract specialist visitors to Scotland. Activities such as mountain biking are available to anybody who has or hires a bike, and provision can be graded by the user’s experience or endurance (e.g. by colour or length of trail). The following sections, 4 – 11, summarise the analysis of the reports identified in Table 1, above. 15
4 FIELD SPORTS The findings from the major field sports reports produced in recent years are summarised below, followed by information on other more localised reports. 4.1 Sporting shooting The Economic and Environmental Impact of Sporting Shooting (PACEC, 2006b). Contractor: PACEC Clients: The British Association for Shooting and Conservation, the Countryside Alliance and the Country Land and Business Association, in consultation with the Game Conservancy Trust. Publication: August 2006 The study objectives were to: • Define the key components of shooting and associated interests; • Assess the economic contribution of the sector to the UK economy; • Identify the conservation and habitat management activities arising from live quarry shooting; • Evaluate the environmental benefits and costs associated with shooting. Research Method: A staged research programme comprising the following main elements began in 2004: • Literature search and review; • Survey of providers; • Survey of participants; • Survey of suppliers to providers and participants. Table 2 - Research methods: sporting shooting Target No. of Respondents Survey Method Stakeholders 40 Face to face and telephone Case studies 16 Face to face and telephone Participants 1,128 Postal Providers 968 Postal Suppliers 169 Postal and telephone Public 623 Face to face Geographical scope: UK (with some reporting at UK Standard Region level. There is no breakdown of findings below the Scotland level). Participant definition: There is no focus on tourists. “Participant” relates to anyone – local or visitor (day trip visitor, or tourist) – involved in sporting shooting. Activity definition: Sporting shooting – more specifically, live quarry sporting shooting: the shooting of birds and mammals for recreation. 16
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explore the issues they saw as bein
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12 THE NATURAL HERITAGE IN SCOTLAND
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14 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESE
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Recommendation 4: It would be desir
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Cycling Segments Scott Porter’s 2
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Appendix B - Methodological Notes 1
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