Mentions:
1: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) director for Scotland and Northern Ireland at the British Holiday and Home Parks Association; Neil Ellis - Speech Link
2: None Although the demographic of visitors to holiday parks is going through a big transformation, the sector - Speech Link
3: None Holiday parks tend to be rural, and they interviewed a lot of hotels that are city-based and central. - Speech Link
4: None In addition, holiday parks tend to be quite rural, so the money cannot just go to the usual suspects; - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) Amendment 26 seeks to remove camping sites and caravan parks from the bill.During scrutiny of the bill - Speech Link
2: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) People who use eligible types of accommodation, such as campsites, will be covered by a visitor levy - Speech Link
3: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) That reflects both evidence heard during stage 1 and the legal status of national parks. - Speech Link

Correspondence Jan. 12 2024

Found: (Scotland) Bill response from SG to Stage 1 report A letter from the Minister for Community Wealth and

Mentions:
1: None A high percentage of Scottish residents choose to holiday here and we actively promote holidaying on - Speech Link
2: None there are examples in the Highlands of car parks being run by community groups and other trusts to raise - Speech Link
3: None good experience onshore will return for a full-time land-based holiday, so it needs to be a separate - Speech Link
4: Coffey, Willie (SNP - Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) The question of national parks recently came up in discussion. - Speech Link
5: None , try to encourage the use of established campsites—our key concerns in this area have been the impacts - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Coffey, Willie (SNP - Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) We have not touched on the cross-local-authority national parks and so on. - Speech Link
2: None On your question whether anyone is seeking to tax campsites, I would just point out that we do not monitor - Speech Link
3: None about those situations in which people arrive in one place but then do day visits to, say, the national parks - Speech Link
4: None There has been an observable hollowing out of full-time residents, because of holiday lets. - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) a meal and having a beer.I have stayed at many campsites over the years. - Speech Link
2: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) Seriously, though, campsites provide accessible routes for tourists, too, and that is such an important - Speech Link
3: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) A 2019 report commissioned by the UK Caravan and Camping Alliance estimated that visitors to holiday - Speech Link

Jan. 22 2024

Found: Over-tourism correspondence and baby box distribution statistics: FOI release

Report Dec. 21 2023

Found: of the levy ___________________________ 38 Joint Schemes and National Parks _________________________

Nov. 21 2023

Found: Water, wastewater and drainage policy: consultation