Members' Business: Scotch Whisky Contribution to Scottish Tourism Industry - 27 February 2018
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 27/02/2018

Rachael Hamilton: Scotch Whisky Contribution to Scottish Tourism
Industry—That the Parliament recognises the contribution that Scotch whisky makes to the
Scottish tourism sector; believes that 2016 saw a record number of visits to Scotch whisky
distilleries, totalling 1.7 million, meaning that Scotch whisky distilleries, as a tourist attraction, are
as popular as the Scottish National Gallery and St Paul’s Cathedral; understands that the average
visitor spend was £31 per person and £53 million overall in 2016; welcomes the new distillery to 
Hawick by The Three Stills Company, the first in the Scottish Borders since 1837, where a local
visitor centre is planned, and wishes new and old whisky distilleries continued success in the
coming year and beyond. 

Published by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.

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