Incentivizing local residents and community organizations to lead in tourism is already being practiced in the Small Isles. Community-owned accommodations and holiday experiences are being offered, with profits going back into community projects. Eigg also has a thriving community tourism industry, generating income through rent for premises.
”, I found myself completely in agreement – the idea of incentivising local residents and community organisations to take the lead in tourism is something we already do in the Small Isles.
The International Dark Sky Places status we have applied for is particularly exciting and we hope we can get the rest of the Small Isles on board too. All profits from Rùm Enterprise go back into community projects, ongoing costs and expanding what we offer. On Canna, the community-owned honesty shop has won awards and provides an essential service to the many self-catering visitors and yachts. Canna community is also building a new visitor hub and converting an old barn into a new community space and bunkhouse.
Part of what Visit Small Isles does is to try to look more holistically at tourism – one element of this is encouraging visitors to come out of the traditional season. As anyone familiar with CalMac will know, inter-island travel has its challenges. We help interpret the ferry timetable into something understandable . Accommodation providers on each island, rather than competing with each other, often work together for joined up inter-island holiday experiences.We have also been experimenting with different ways for visitors to engage with the local communities.
All four islands have a thriving community volunteering programme – we have found people are willing to share their professional skills with us – web designers, graphic designers, builders, electricians, joiners, the list goes on.What we don’t want is for there to be a disconnect between tourist and destination – something we see too frequently elsewhere.
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