The Western Isles is to bid for a slice of funding to upgrade tourism infrastructure.
The Scottish Government is making £6 million available across the country to support collaborative projects in rural areas that have faced pressure on their infrastructure or negative impacts on communities due to significant increases in visitor numbers.
The fund is administered by VisitScotland, with applications to be submitted by local or National Park authorities.
Priorities are to improve parking and scenic lay-
Money is also available for recycling points as well as essential improvement works to paths where they alleviate visitor pressures.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar intends to submit an Outer Hebrides wide application on behalf of the tourism sector.
Donald Crichton, chairman of the sustainable development committee said: "This is an excellent opportunity to improve the experience for our visitors and alleviate some of the problems we encountered last summer.
“The comhairle is looking for community input to highlight the most severe pressure points and areas which have suffered a negative impact. We also need input as to what the solutions might be.
“The fund is limited -
New fund to improve tourism infrastructure
8 April 2018
