It brings total new funding available to the sector to nearly £6 million after a £3.5 million pledge made earlier this month.

The latest pledge comes from a new £80 million Covid Economic Recovery Fund, which is made up of remaining funding from the Scottish government’s £375 million Omicron business support package and underspend from some of the allocated funding where need has been lower than initially forecast.

First minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "This £80 million Covid Economic Recovery Fund allows councils to consider the needs of local businesses, communities and households and to target support to maximise economic recovery in their areas."

Abta has welcomed the pledge. "It is a very positive move for our Scottish members and follows highly productive and positive meetings we have held with Scottish government ministers and officials over recent weeks," said Abta’s director of public affairs Luke Petherbridge.

"This brings the total of new funding available to the outbound sector north of the border to £5.9m. Abta has been arguing for the funding to benefit as many travel businesses as possible, and we look forward to shortly seeing more details on how the funding will be allocated.”