ABTA has welcomed the announcement made today (Monday 21) by the Scottish government to provide an additional £2.4m to the Scottish outbound travel sector form the Covid Economic Recovery Fund support package.
Speaking on the latest announcement, Luke Petherbridge, ABTA Director of Public Affairs, said:
“We welcome this morning’s announcement of a further £2.4m in funding for the Scottish outbound travel sector. It is a very positive move for our Scottish Members and follows highly productive and positive meetings we have held with Scottish Government Ministers and officials over recent weeks. This brings the total of new funding available to the outbound sector north of the border to £5.9m. ABTA has been arguing for the funding to benefit as many travel businesses as possible, and we look forward to shortly seeing more details on how the funding will be allocated.”
The Northern Ireland outbound tourism sector is yet to receive further funding due to the collapse of Stormont which has halted all funding being released.
