Scottish Government

ISBN 978 0 7559 9194 5 (Web only publication)
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Contents

1. Overview
1.1 Description of Scope and Performance of the Sector
1.2 Productivity
1.3 Rationale for Key Sector Status

2. Challenges and opportunities
2.1 Tourism and the economic downturn
2.2 Other challenges and opportunities for the sector

3. Public Sector Interactions
3.1 Strategic Level
3.2 Operational Level

4. Assessment of the Effectiveness of Interactions
4.1 Strategic and Operational Level

5. International Perspectives
5.1 Global recession, recovery and marketing/infrastructure investments
5.2 Government support in other countries
5.3 Other international issues

Annex A - Summary of Key trends in tourism and the tourism-related industries
Annex B - Top Ten Selected European Tourism Budgets in 2006