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Since opening with the first 100 parking spaces in January 2019, and despite closing for Covid-19 lockdowns, the car park has already generated enough revenue to pay for two full-time and eight casual support staff, the rent, PPE equipment, and further site infrastructure development and admininstration costs.
Through the first three rounds of awards the fund has since delivered almost £4million of improvements to Kate Forbes MSP’s constituency alone – with lifeline funding helping popular tourist attractions such as the Fairy Pools on Skye and Glenfinnan.
Work on the construction of toilet facilities at the Fairy Pools car park, near Glenbrittle has already began while the pathproject at Old Man of Storr is due to start again on Monday.
The findings will help shape a tourism masterplan for the island for the next 10 years.
Five projects around Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh have been successful in attracting £1.1m of funding.
Work has started to create 130 car parking spaces, toilets and visitor information at the Fairy Pools on Skye.
A total of £400,000 has been awarded to tourist sites on the island.
A community asset transfer request at the Fairy Pools is to go ahead with the community buying the land for just £2,500
Plans to help alleviate congestion at one of Scotland’s most iconic tourist attractions have moved a step closer after the Scottish Government announced the community asset transfer request at the Fairy Pools will proceed on favourable terms.
Work will help alleviate traffic and car parking problems at the site near Glenbrittle.
