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The wildlife and nature-based tourism has resulted to be one of the key revenue gainer for Scotland contributing over £400 million every year to Scotland’s economy. All credit goes to the picturesque outdoors and scenic landscape which attracts many nature lovers and activity enthusiasts to Scotland. The newly collected figures do shows an increase in the number of people turning out here for whale watching, angling, shooting and other outdoor sports.

The rivers, mountains, woods, plains, hill-sides all adds to the scenic charm of the country. Scotland’s natural bounty offers the best outdoors for a mix of sporting events. Every year loads of tourists do visit Scotland for enjoying its outdoors and natural charms. Figures suggests that over £200m is generated by activities like whale watching, wild-life tours and bird watching. Meanwhile country sports too contributes to the revenue by £130m a year. But hill-walking remained the top favourite outdoor activity among tourists, with one in every four visitor going for hill walks.

Meanwhile the claims from SNH reveals that, the natural environment sector plays a vital role in providing employment opportunities to over two lakh people and remains a key sector for the growth of Scotland. The government is also initiating more ideas to enhance the natural wealth of Scotland and attract more visitors.

News Source – Scotsman

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