It has been mentioned that total income from international tourism increased by 17% in the year 2006 that is up to 1,4 milliard pound sterling, and the number of foreign tourists increased by 12% up to 2,7 millions.
Fast-growing golf-industry attracts rich tourists as well as real estate investors. Thus, according to the experts' estimations, tourism for golf-lovers already gives at least 300 million pounds per year to economy of the country. It is planed to build some more prestigious golf courses in Scotland in order to attract additional number of tourists from abroad.
The newspaper notes that Donald Trump is going to build a golf course for conduction of championships in Aberdeenshire, and a hotel network "De Vere Hotels" invested some million pounds in a new course on the bank of Loch-Lomond Lake. For the first time in the last 100 years a real links field with numerous sand-drifts is built not far from Machrihanish city. Rich golf-lovers as well as world celebrities, for example John Travolta or former USA president Bill Clinton, will soon be able to enjoy the rest in the exclusive golf-resort built at 30 million pound sterling nearby the former Air Force base of Great Britain.
New golf course that stretches for 300 acres at the Atlantic seaside threatens to overtop all the golf courses in the world. Australian entrepreneur Brian Keating builds a 4-star hotel alongside the course, there will be 60 one-, two- and four-bedroom suites, and 24 two-bedroom houses there to be sold as freehold property for the following rent.
Besides overseas guests, golf-resorts started to attract more and more corporate clients from the City of London, where huge bonuses have created a consumption fever, - the newspaper writes. Millionaires constitute only a small part of all the tourists, but they are extremely beneficial clients since they are not embarrassed with too high prices for everything from additional round of golf to the best wine at supper or high-class whisky at 350 pounds a time.
It is worth mentioning the fact that many of rich tourists that arrive to Scotland by regular airlines, often charter the aircrafts' to get around the country. In the nearest time Britain's first seaplane airline company will start to operate and fly passengers from the River Clyde embankment in the centre of Glasgow direct to the mountains or islands. "Loch Lomond Seaplanes" is the only one airline company in Europe with its seaplanes flying up from a city centre. "Loch Lomond Seaplanes" is going to offer lovers of golf, fishing and sightseeing individually planned high-quality tourist programs that include visiting of any corner of Scotland's mountains and islands that would not be possible in common tours using regular flights. "We can take a group of 8 people on board and they will be able to visit some best Scotland's golf courses in a single day and with all comfortable facilities", - captain David West, "Loch Lomond Seaplanes" company promoter, said. - "Scotland becomes new Riviera. Rich tourists and corporative clients come here in crowds with strong desire to play golf".
