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The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced yesterday (20th April) that the planned relaxation of current restrictions planned from 26 April will go ahead and Scotland will move to Level 3 on Monday. The First Minister also outlined that Scotland will move to [...]

ASVA has been consulting with the Scottish Government on a number of key issues regarding the reopening of the sector. One of these issues is whether samples of alcoholic beverages will be permitted within distillery/brewery experiences when the sector can re-open on [...]

On Tuesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced further easing of the current restrictions on travel throughout the country.  From tomorrow, Friday 16 April, travel within Scotland for outdoor socialising, recreation and exercise will be allowed.  The [...]

A number of attractions have raised questions about the COVID-19 rules for children’s activities in our sector.  ASVA has taken up the matter directly with Scottish Government officials who have now confirmed to us that children’s activities will be allowed to commence [...]

ASVA and our colleagues at The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) have worked together to put together some advice for Scottish visitor attractions, as much of the sector looks towards re-opening on 26th April. We acknowledge that[...]

Our colleagues at the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) have provided ASVA with the latest tranche of consumer research exploring how the public is feeling about visiting attractions and what attractions can do to build confidence and trust in visiting again [...]

With the Scottish Government providing a timetable for the re-opening of the Scottish economy, ASVA and our partners at the Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development are asking all Scottish attractions to complete a quick survey to help us ascertain when[...]

Last week the Scottish Government announced the relaxation of restrictions, with the "stay at home" order lifted on Friday 2nd April and replaced with "stay local", whereby everyone is asked to remain within their local authority boundaries except[...]

The Scottish Government recently extended the Non-Domestic Rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses for 12 months to help relieve pressure caused by the pandemic. The legislation was enacted on 18 March 2021 and will come into effect from 1 April 2021.[...]

Today (24th March), ASVA received confirmation from the Scottish Government that 2 metre physical distancing restrictions will be in place for our sector when re-opening commences on 26th April, for at least the short term. ASVA has been [...]

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. This is the 7th wave of results and follows [...]

Last month, ASVA and the Moffat Centre asked all Scottish attractions to complete a survey to help us ascertain the industry’s preparedness for re-opening, the factors that need to be considered which will influence decision making about re-opening, the ongoing impacts of [...]