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The very best of Scotland’s tourism and events industry will be celebrated once again as nominations for the Scottish Thistle Awards 2023 are now open.For the first time, the awards will include the categories Celebrating Thriving Communities, Inclusive Tourism, [...]

The results of the latest wave of public sentiment research, commissioned by our friends at the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) and undertaken by insights consultants at Decision House, were published last week. The results show a growing consumer [...]

As members will undoubtedly be aware, the new First Minister Humza Yousaf has been quick out of the blocks in unveiling his new Cabinet and appointments as junior ministers, with quite a considerable shake-up that has possible ramifications for our industry. A full list of [...]

The UK Government has published new details on the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) for non-domestic customers. The scheme will run for 12 months from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2023, and this scheme replaces the previous Energy Bill Relief Scheme [...]

The launch of the new Historic Environment Grant fund makes express grants and interim works for heritage assets available to communities for the first time.£2 million is available to communities across Scotland this year as a new project-based funding scheme was [...]

As members will be aware, over a two-week period from 24th February to 7th March 2023, ASVA undertook a nationwide survey of Scottish attractions to establish confidence levels within the sector regarding prospects for the year ahead, as well as to [...]

The first 2023 ASVA Visitor Attractions Barometer reports, for January 2023, are now available to view in the Members Area of our website. As with reports in 2022, this [...]

Working with our colleagues at the Moffat Centre for Travel & Tourism Business Development, ASVA is looking to trial a new service with members, which will help us gather quick but meaningful intel on sectoral performance and prospects. We are highly conscious that [...]

The new strategy builds on the achievements of the first strategy, which guided the collective work of the sector and Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) from 2012 to 2022. Following extensive consultation, the 2023- 2030 [...]

Last week, our CEO, Gordon Morrison, attended a meeting of the Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership (SIAP) to discuss the possible ramifications of legislation which will potentially significantly restrict alcohol advertising and promotion in Scotland. As [...]