Assessing the economic impacts of nature based tourism in Scotland

explore the issues they saw as being important to enable the forestry sector to
support and benefit from the work of the tourism sector.
• Forest Visitor Survey 2008, Economics and Statistics, Forestry Commission.
• The social and environmental benefits of forestry in Britain. K.G. Willis, G. Garrod,
R. Scarpa, N. Powe, A. Lovett, I.J. Bateman, N. Hanley and D.C. MacMillan (2003).
Report to Forestry Commission from Centre for Research. In: Environmental
Appraisal and Management. University of Newcastle, Newcastle.
• Socio-economic impacts of community local access networks (Hecla Consulting,
2007).
Contractor: Hecla Consulting
Client: The Paths for All Partnership & Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Publication: 2007
This was a socio-economic evaluation of five path networks located within the
Highlands and Islands. The five path networks were at Culag (Lochinver), Alness,
Islay, Nethy Bridge and on Raasay. Fieldwork research and consultations took
place between October and December 2006. 50 individuals were involved in the
community fieldwork consultations, and only 64 questionnaires were completed by
users on the five networks. Little useful economic analysis could be derived from
this study.
• Jarman D. 2005. The View from the Road investing in the ‘shop window’ for
Scotland’s landscape asset. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report
No.293. Little useful economic analysis could be derived from this study.
10.8 Conclusions from reports on nature related sites and facilities
Most of these sites are locations where activities like walking, cycling, wildlife
watching and watersports take place, and as such their impacts are covered in
previous Sections. 18.6% of visitors to FCS’s forests managed for recreation are
tourists in the sense of staying overnight away from home.
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