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Scottish govt pledges further £2.4m for outbound travel

Government
James Chapple
21 February 2022

The Scottish government has pledged a further £2.4 million towards the recovery of the country’s outbound travel sector.

Edinburgh will charge tourists a per night tax (Credit: Peter Cordes / Unsplash)

The event will be held in Edinburgh (Credit: Peter Cordes / Unsplash)

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.