VisitScotland

<p>VisitScotland, formerly the Scottish Tourist Board , is a national <a href="/facts/Tourism_in_Scotland/la4mc9aa">tourism</a> organisation for Scotland. It is an <a href="/facts/Scottish_public_body/Wgbyy1fT">executive non-departmental public body</a> of the <a href="/facts/Scottish_Government/ettgIz7G">Scottish Government</a>, with offices in <a href="/facts/Edinburgh/PcsoaK9h">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/facts/Aberdeen/yoH7QeAK">Aberdeen</a>, <a href="/facts/Inverness/H8wk4p7x">Inverness</a>, and other parts of Scotland.
</p><p>Among the organisation's tasks is the attraction of visitors to Scotland through <a href="/facts/Advertising/Hgz271hW">advertising</a> and <a href="/facts/Promotion_(marketing)/KFf2YwsC">promotional campaigns</a>. VisitScotland also manages a number of <a href="/facts/Hotel_rating/ye6hpQS6">quality grading schemes</a> for tourist accommodation and attractions. The organisation also operates the VisitScotland.com website which provides bookings and information service for visitors to Scotland. From 2001 this website was operated as a <a href="/facts/Public-private_partnership/b4RAUT2j">public-private partnership</a> venture, though this venture (and the website) was brought back into public ownership in 2008.
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