– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 7 March 2007.
Question S2W-31987
To ask the Scottish Executive how many workers are employed in tourism and tourism-related industries in each local authority area.
The latest data held currently estimates that there are just under 210,000 people employed in tourism related businesses across Scotland, which represents 9% of the total workforce. The number of people that are employed in tourism, and tourism-related industries in each local authority area across Scotland is shown in the following table:
Local Authority | Tourism-Related Employment | Tourism-Related Employment Compared to all Employment(%) |
Aberdeen City | 11,692 | 7 |
Aberdeenshire | 6,964 | 9 |
Angus | 3,582 | 10 |
Argyll and Bute | 5,050 | 14 |
Clackmannanshire | 969 | 7 |
Comhairle nan Eilean Sar | 942 | 9 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 5,808 | 11 |
Dundee City | 5,982 | 8 |
East Ayrshire | 3,087 | 8 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2,379 | 10 |
East Lothian | 2,783 | 12 |
East Renfrewshire | 1,983 | 11 |
Edinburgh City | 30,826 | 10 |
Falkirk | 4,500 | 8 |
Fife | 11,186 | 8 |
Glasgow City | 30,336 | 7 |
Highland | 13,107 | 14 |
Inverclyde | 2,220 | 7 |
Midlothian | 1,904 | 7 |
Moray | 3,068 | 9 |
North Ayrshire | 4,410 | 11 |
North Lanarkshire | 7,526 | 6 |
Orkney Islands | 1,091 | 12 |
Perth and Kinross | 8,231 | 14 |
Renfrewshire | 5,971 | 8 |
Scottish Borders | 4,709 | 11 |
Shetland Islands | 1,351 | 10 |
South Ayrshire | 5,579 | 12 |
South Lanarkshire | 9,897 | 8 |
Stirling | 4,902 | 11 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3,290 | 11 |
West Lothian | 4,334 | 6 |
Source: Annual business inquiry employee analysis.
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