Question reference: S1O-03888
- Date lodged: 26 September 2001
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Current status: Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 4 October 2001
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being made available for farm tourism.
Answer
We announced in August, as part of the foot-and-mouth disease recovery package, that £300,000 would be spent on developing environmentally based tourism opportunities for the farming sector. Initial work has been undertaken. The project will focus on Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders.