Almost 60 percent of those tourism professionals in Scotland who took part in a secret ballot at the Scottish Tourism Alliance’s annual summit earlier this month said they would be voting no to independence. Today this NO to Scottish independence was confirmed by the rest of the Scottish people. Scottish people yesterday voted to remain part of the United Kingdom.
The decision spared Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain a shattering defeat that would have raised questions about his ability to continue in office and diminished his nation’s standing in the world.
PM Cameron tweeted at 6.28 am:
I’ll be making a statement following the Scottish Referendum results just after 7am.
Defeated First Minister Mr Salmond said: “We have touched sections of the community who have never been touched before by politics. These communities have touched us… I don’t think that will ever be allowed to go back to business as usual in politics again.” He ended his speech by saying: “We shall go forward as one nation.”
Her Majesty The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. The Scottish people will remain to be her subjects.
32 per cent of tourism professionals were estimated to have voted yes in September, while nine per cent of those polled were undecided.
The ballot was held over two days at the Scottish Tourism Week conference , and attracted around 500 delegates from across the country.
Het toerisme is een van de grootste sectoren van Schotland, die jaarlijks meer dan £11 miljard aan de economie waard is en ongeveer 200,000 banen ondersteunt.
De STA heeft zich met luide stem ingezet voor een verlaging van de BTW-tarieven voor toeristische bedrijven – een stap waartoe de Schotse regering zich nog niet heeft verbonden, hoewel de ministers in het onafhankelijkheidswitboek plannen hebben geschetst om de passagierstarieven met 50 procent te verlagen om de internationale luchtvaart een impuls te geven. verbindingen met Schotland.
