Shop to ship – plan to help island businesses stay afloat
With concerns about visitors stepping ashore, a new business portal has been developed by Sail Scotland.
With concerns about visitors stepping ashore, a new business portal has been developed by Sail Scotland.
It came in the wake of a weekend that saw hundreds of campers descend on Glen Etive, leaving piles of rubbish, with problems also reported on beaches at Morar and Arisaig.
The news that tourism can start again – more than 16 weeks after lockdown was announced – has been widely welcomed by industry representation.
Local beneficiaries include the Argyll and the Isles Tourism Cooperative, Marketing Mull and Iona and the Oban and Lorn Tourism Alliance.
But businesses will need to implement measures to prevent a resurgence of COVID-19, says Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing.
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Further public meetings are to be held across the crofting areas as part of the on-going consultation.