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Scottish travel 'wholly ignored' by government support fund

Government
Will Payne
6 January 2022

The Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA) has claimed travel in Scotland has been "wholly ignored" by the Scottish government, describing the industry as the "Cinderella sector" of financial support.

Dooey described Scottish travel as the 'Cinderella sector' of business support

On Wednesday, first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a multi-million pound support package for business impacted by the surge in cases of Covid-19, which included a £3 million allocation for Scottish tourism companies.

But, SPAA president Joanne Dooey said: "What is the point of supporting Scottish tourism businesses with £3 million of business support if the travel industry, which brings them all here, has been decimated through lack of support?

"What seems to be consistently overlooked is that without outbound travel there is no inbound tourism."