The Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014!

The year of Homecoming Scotland 2014 has arrived! This year-long programme of events is a fantastic way for your clients to experience all that’s great about Scotland.

During Homecoming Scotland 2014, a year-long programme of over 100 events will celebrate the very best of Scotland’s food and drink, its fantastic active and natural resources and its vibrant creativity, culture and ancestral heritage with a wide variety of music, drama, dance, art and cultural events across the country.

Add new Homecoming events to your Scotland itineraries and give your clients the opportunity to take part in a year to remember. Homecoming events include:

• Highland Games – Scotland’s breathtaking scenery acts as a backdrop to our famous Highland games! From May to September, events such as tossing the caber, Highland dancing and pipe band performances will take place around the country.Get your clients to mix with the locals!
• Whisky Month – Starting with the popular Spirit of Speyside Festival, May 2014, whisky month, will take in hundreds of events that spread across the entire country.These will include Edinburgh’s Whisky Stramash and Scotland’s contribution to celebrations on World Whisky Day.
• The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 1-23 August 2014, Edinburgh. Staged every year as part of the world-famous Edinburgh Festival, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a unique and memorable celebration of music, dance and military pageantry.

To help our trade partners benefit from VisitScotland’s marketing campaign, we have designed The Year of Homecoming 2014 toolkit. Download it today!

VisitScotland’s annual business to business event, VisitScotland expo 2014, will be held in Glasgow on the 2nd and 3rd April, 2014.Come and meet with over 250 Scottish suppliers and experience Scotland first hand- We look forward to meeting you!