reopen the country's tourism industry this year.He told MSPs the Highlands and Islands were "very busy" during summer months last year but "there were no outbreaks of any significance linked to tourists".The comments are a boost to Scotland's tourism industry which is desperate to reopen after months of lockdown.
Nicola Sturgeon's latest routemap to easing restrictions only looks as far as late April and has been criticised for not offering more detail on when hospitality businesses could expect to welcome back customers.Some rural communities complained of being "swamped" by visitors from elsewhere in the UK last summer after Scottish ministers encouraged people to take staycations rather than heading abroad.At a meeting of Holyrood's.