Added: 11 Feb 2022
ASVA members are advised that they can take advantage of a special 50% discount to attend The Cultural Enterprises Conference and Trade Show 2022 at Glasgow’s SEC on 2 and 3 March. In addition to this exclusive members’ offer, ASVA delegates who live far from the city [...]
Added: 11 Feb 2022
In her regular COVID update to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday (8 February), The First Minister confirmed that baseline protective precautions – such as COVID certification and the requirement to wear face coverings in certain settings – will remain in force for now.[...]
Added: 11 Feb 2022
On Tuesday (8 February) ASVA CEO Gordon Morrison and Chair Susan Morrison were pleased to host Tourism Minister Ivan McKee MSP for a virtual meeting and wide-ranging discussion about the current challenges being faced by businesses in, and connected, to the attractions [...]
Added: 04 Feb 2022
We are pleased to advise that the VisitScotland administered Top-Up of the Visitor Attractions Support Fund is now live. As we’ve emphasised in previous communications, attraction operators do not need to take any action initially to apply for this fund. If you [...]
Added: 03 Feb 2022
The Museums Recovery Fund opened yesterday (2 February) to accredited and non-accredited independent museums thanks to the further £1 million funding from the Scottish Government. Independent museums in need of support to operate and adapt in response to the challenges and [...]
Added: 14 Jan 2022
This week details of a financial package worth up to £9 million for Scotland’s vital tourism sector were confirmed by Tourism Minister Ivan McKee MSP.The funding package is to be administered by VisitScotland and will be split between affected businesses including[...]
Added: 06 Jan 2022
The latest ASVA Visitor Attractions Barometer report - for November 2021 - is now available to view in the Members Area of our website.
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Added: 06 Jan 2022
As part of her statement in parliament on 5th January, the First Minister announced that a further £55m will be allocated to businesses being impacted by the pandemic, including an extra £3m to tourism businesses. This follows on from Ms Sturgeon’s statement [...]
Added: 06 Jan 2022
In her latest COVID update on 5th January, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced important changes – which will take effect from midnight tonight – to requirements for self-isolation and testing. The developments will, it is hoped, alleviate some of the [...]
Added: 23 Dec 2021
Following the announcement made by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Tuesday 21st December regarding the re-introduction of additional mandatory restrictions to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The Scottish Governmnet has [...]
Added: 21 Dec 2021
Today (21st December) in a statement to the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced that, due to the ongoing spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Scottish Government will be introducing additional mandatory restrictions which [...]
Added: 21 Dec 2021
As part of the First Minister’s statement about additional restrictions, there was an acknowledgement that the decisions made by the Scottish Government and the ongoing advice that is currently being given to the public, will have significant financial implications for [...]
