Scottish tourism

from The Scotsman (3/13):

Wind farms 'could drive away tourists and mean big job losses'
By Joe Quinn

"WIND farms could cost the Scottish tourism industry millions of pounds and hundreds of lost jobs in a "worst case scenario", a report warned yesterday.

The findings came in research that found wind farms had the potential for hitting jobs in tourism.

The research was commissioned by the Scottish Government from Glasgow Caledonian University to assess what effect official priorities for wind farms were likely to have on tourism, for good or ill.

Four areas were studied – the Borders; Caithness and Sutherland; Dumfries and Galloway, and Stirling, Perth and Kinross.

For each area, the researchers estimated the likely impact on the tourism economy by 2015 of all the wind farms needed to meet the renewables obligation, compared to a situation where there were no wind farms.

It was estimated that Stirling, Perth and Kinross would lose £6.3 million in tourism income and 339 jobs; Dumfries and Galloway £4.1 million and 277 jobs; the Borders £1.7 million and 81 jobs, and Caithness and Sutherland £700,000 and 30 jobs." ...

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