The Lochboisdale tourist office will not re-
The national tourism organisation for Scotland claimed it could not find any suitable personnel to man the facility.
It appears that the closure may be permanent as Visit Scotland did not indicate it
had plans to re-
The body is in discussions regarding the "long term solution of information provision in the area."
It said it was "regrettable" it was unable to recruit personnel and hoped South Uist tourism businesses would step in and provide visitors tourists with local information on key topics.
Until this week, Visit Scotland encouraged travellers to make the information centre on the pierhead their first port of call on arrival in South Uist.
The facility is located alongside the new marina and water front development, and is just up the road from a designated port of entry.
Tourists disembarking from the new Mallaig -
VisitScotland said it decided on closure after the departure of a member of staff who had been in the role for 10 years.
Despite the high rate of unemployment in the area -
It is understood only limited advertising for vacancies was carried out.
Tourism creates 900 jobs and contributes over £43 million to the Western Isles' economy.
Closure announcement for tourist information office
3 June 2016
Lochboisdale tourist office