Dundee (TAN): An industry conference earlier this week discussed how food and drinks, adventure activities and creatively designed experiences could all help tourism grow in the East of Scotland in the next five years.
Over 200 delegates attended the first ever Tay Cities Regional Tourism Conference at Dundee Rep Theatre organised by the four local authorities of Dundee, Angus, Fife and Perth & Kinross that aimed to look at the future of tourism over the next five years.
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While experts spoke, seven local businesses shared their experiences of attracting new markets and growing the region’s tourism sector.
Among the guest speakers were Peter Jordan, head of insights at Toposophy, food tourism expert John Mulcahy from Ireland, Creative Tourism Network founder Caroline Couret and Carron Tobin, development manager for Argyll & The Isles Tourism Cooperative.
The conference aimed to bring together those working within the Tay region, encouraging the industry to work together to realise a strategy which will help grow tourism in the coming years.
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VisitScotland regional leadership director Caroline Warburton said: “The east of Scotland has many of the attributes that people come to Scotland for; rich history, stunning landscapes and vibrant culture. Whilst these are all an integral part of the tourism mix if we want to continue growing tourism within the Tay Cities region it is important we capitalise on our other strengths too, offering experiences unique to this area to help attract new visitors and welcome back returning ones.”
Danny Cusick, Scottish Enterprise senior director food & drink, tourism and textiles, said: “This is a tremendously exciting time for tourism in the Tay City Region.”
