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Today (26th February) VisitBritain has announced that tourism businesses in the UK registered to the ‘We’re Good To Go’ industry standard scheme can now automatically be issued with the international ‘Safe Travels’ stamp from the World Travel & [...]

Yesterday (23rd Feb), in a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon presented details of the updated Strategic Framework for a return to ‘normal’ life, setting out initial priorities and providing an indicative timeframe for [...]

Following the First Minister’s announcement of a review of the Strategic Framework for Recovery next week and with the industry still very heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ASVA and the Moffat Centre are asking all Scottish attractions to complete a quick survey [...]

The Scottish Visitor Attractions Support Fund will close for applications today, 19th February, at 5pm.The £10 million fund has been established to provide financial support to Scottish businesses in [...]

Following the announcement of £1.1 billion of consequential funding from the UK Government, Scottish Government Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes, has confirmed the extension of 100% business rates relief for another year for retail, tourism and hospitality [...]

Yesterday (16th Feb), in a statement to the Scottish Parliament the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced details of the review of current lockdown restrictions. During her statement she advised that the exit from the current lockdown is likely to be more [...]

Our friends at the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) have shared with ASVA their latest wave of public sentiment research they commissioned with Steve Mills of Decision House. It follows similar sentiment tracker research conducted last [...]

This week the Scottish Government launch a new Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Project Fund. If you are a zoo or aquarium in Scotland and are experiencing financial hardship which is specifically affecting your conservation projects, you may be able to apply for a grant of up [...]

We are conscious that some ASVA members, including those within our Trade Membership, will not be eligible for the Visitor Attraction Support Fund. We would therefore highlight that the Local Authority Discretionary Fund, a fund which was set up to help businesses in [...]

The latest ASVA Visitor Attractions Barometer report for November 2020 is available to view in the Members Area of this website, in the Statistics, Surveys and Research section.Overall visitor numbers are down by 77.8% for the month when compared to December[...]

Scottish Enterprise, on behalf of the Scottish Government, has launched a new Fair Work Employer Support tool. Organisational re-structuring[...]