23 July 2009
Scottish Social Tourism Forum - report now available
Speakers from across Europe promote social tourism in Scottish Parliament

With a quarter of a million families in Scotland wanting but unable to afford a break away from home the issue of social tourism took centre stage in Edinburgh on Wednesday 25 March 2009.

 

Jointly organised with UNISON Welfare, the Social Tourism Forum heard from Belgian and Irish speakers and from Scottish trade unionists, politicians and from Visit Scotland executives. 

 

The purpose of the forum, chaired by Alison Rice (right), well-known travel journalist and trustee of the Family Holiday Association, was to both raise the issue of social tourism at the heart of government and to explore the various ways in which low-earning Scottish families might be helped access the benefits a break away from home can deliver. 

 

You can now download a copy of the report of the one-day conference - click here

 

Audio compilation

We have put together an audio compilation from the day from interviews made by veteran BBC reporter Bob Dixon.  

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Listen below to BBC Scotland's radio show Good Morning Scotland which covered the event by interviewing John McDonald the charity's director and bringing the subject to wider public attention.

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A fuller report of the event is to be found on our Social Tourism section click here.  If you would like to hear more about this event please contact John McDonald the Family Holiday Assocation's director by email John McDonald.