Project examples

Visitor attractions (museums, art galleries, botanic gardens, built & natural heritage attractions, etc)

1. National data collection
1. Scotland, Wales, England/UK  PDFs
2. Benchmarking
1. Review of the Leading 12 National Trust for Scotland Visitor Attractions & Assessment of Performance of Key Competitors
3. Development
1. Church Marshes Country Park Development
2. Paisley Museum & Coats Observatory: Developing Competitive Advantage
3. Tall Ship Marketing Strategy
4. Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Development Plan
4. Audience Surveys
1. MacDonald Sisters – Audience Trials of Temporary Exhibit
2. Galloway Forest Park Visitor Surveys
5. Income generation
1. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh: Revenue Forecasting & Feasibility
2. Relocation of Glenlee from Glasgow Harbour to Pointhouse Glasgow Harbour
3. The Lighthouse Glasgow: Hospitality Catering Review
4. Edinburgh Zoo Hospitality & Revenue Generation Review
5. Duthie Park Aberdeen Development Strategy
6. Feasibility studies
1. Glasgow Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre Financial & Marketing Feasibility
2. Whitelee Visitor Centre
3. Tullibardine Visitor Centre
4. Baxters Location Approval
5. Isle of Sheppey Eco-Visitor Centre
7. Policy
1. VAM & VAB (indicator used by RBS); Visits to Tourist Attractions (Wales); Sightseeing in the UK PDFs & links to individual websites
2. Heritage Monitor & State of the Environment
3. Realising the True Impact of Museums & Art Galleries in Scottish Tourism

• Policy

1. Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation (CHNTO)/Arts and Entertainment National Training Organisation (METIER) Skills Forecasting Scotland: A Labour Market Analysis of the Scottish Cultural Heritage, Arts & Entertainment Sectors.
2. Realising the True Impact of Museums & Art Galleries in Scottish Tourism
3. Tourism Scenario Planning / Towards Tourism 2020 (McTafe)
4. FMD PDF of article with Yeoman?
5. Towards 2009: Burns National Audit & Economic Impact Study

• Strategies

1. 2009 Year of Homecoming – Executive Strategy
2. CASE
3. Scottish Borders Visitor Strategy
4. Hawick Development Strategy
5. John O’Groats Visitor Strategy
6. Ayrshire & Arran Tourism Strategy

• Benchmarking

1. Benchmarking and Competitor Analysis National Regional Park Development
2. New Horizons International Benchmarking & Best Practice for Visitor Attractions 1999
3. Urban Tourism Performance – Competitor Analysis Dublin & Glasgow
4. New Horizons International Benchmarking & Best Practice for Visitor Attractions 1997
5. Assessment of the Structure and Function of Competitor National Tourist Offices

• Robert Burns

1. Impact assessment of Burns’ an’ a’ That! Festivals
2. Towards 2009: Burns National Audit & Economic Impact Study
3. Humanitarian Award Development Scenario Planning

• Tourism SMEs business development

1. Profit Through Productivity (Wales, Suffolk, North West England) link to organisation
2. Evaluation of SMEs Business Constraints
3. Small Business Gateway Advisor Training in Tourism
4. Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire Business Development Project

• Network facilitiation

1. Glasgow Leading Attractions  Development Planninglink to leaflet/website?
2. Glasgow Restaurateurs Associations – Facilitation and Development
3. Tourism Knowledge Scotland
4. Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire Network West Forums

• Learning Journeys & Training

1. International Learning Journey Canadian Rockies
2. Attractions of Snowdonia Learning Journeys
3. 100k Welcomes - National Tourism Training Initiative
4. HIE Tourism Training Workshops
5. Tourism Business Success – Training Provision

• Destination Development

1. NorthWest Scotland Geopark Development Strategy
2. Development Opportunities for Non-Vehicular Walking Routes in the Scottish Borders
3. Ayr Town Trail Initiative
4. Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE) Development Strategy
5. Scottish Borders Visitor Strategy
6. Hawick Visitor Strategy
7. Ayrshire Visitor Strategy

• Skills

1. St Andrews World Class Destination Business Needs Analysis
2. Volunteering in the National Trust for Scotland
3. 100k Welcomes - National Tourism Training Initiative
4. CHNTO/METIER Skills Forecasting Scotland: A Labour Market Analysis of the Scottish Cultural Heritage, Arts & Entertainment Sectors PDF? Authorisation?
5. Skills Training to Facilitate Access to Cultural Resources

• Travel

1. Air Canada – Consumer Research
2. Advantage Travel Agents Consortia – Research on Travel Buying
3. TONY INTERNET BUYING RESEARCH PDF of report
4. Inverclyde Ferry Research

• Food/Catering

1. Tayside Food Initiative
2. Callander Food Initiative
3. Glasgow Museums Hospitality Revenue Generation Review
4. Renfrewshire Taste Trail
5. Menu Planning In Grampian
6. Lanarkshire Review of Hospitality Provision
7. Food & Tourism Cluster Initiative
8. Edinburgh Zoo Hospitality Review
9. The Lighthouse Hospitality and Hospitality Review
10. Scottish Food & Drinks Forum – Facilitation and Research… link to web

• Festivals and events

1. Burns an’ a’ that! Festival Impact Assessment
2. GAF/RAW link to web
3. Largs Powerboats Championship – Event Evaluation

• Conferences & fairs

1. Canadian Tourism Commission – Evaluation of Travel Buying Exhibitions
2. 5th International Forum on Tourism Statistics
3. VisitScotland: Business Tourism Update on Trends Report

• Accommodation

1. Aviemore Highland Resort Feasibility Study

• Iconic branding
• Dark tourism

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