Notes of Cairngorms Tourism EmergencyResponse Group Meeting

CNPA busi­ness:

• Offices are now closed to the pub­lic and most staff now work­ing at home, in line with Govt. guidance
• Spe­cial pro­ced­ures are in place to pri­or­it­ise plan­ning case­work and keep the busi­ness moving
• We are in close touch with Min­is­ters and seni­or offi­cials at Scot­tish Government
• More info: https://​cairngorms​.co​.uk/​c​n​p​a​-​o​f​f​i​c​e​s​-​c​l​o​s​e​d​-​p​u​blic/

Cairngorms Tour­ism Emer­gency Response Group

• We are set­ting up a new Cairngorms Tour­ism Emer­gency Response Group to meet weekly by video con­fer­ence and to:
  • Provide con­sist­ent and com­pre­hens­ive ana­lys­is of the implic­a­tions of Cov­id-19 for tourism
  • Coordin­ate com­mu­nic­a­tions with tour­ism industry
  • Ensure close work­ing between key agen­cies and the private sector
  • Gath­er, share, facil­it­ate, inter­pret and dis­sem­in­ate inform­a­tion as it becomes available
  • Agree rel­ev­ant actions and deliv­ery plans
• Mem­bers will be Cairngorms Busi­ness Part­ner­ship, Vis­it­Ab­er­deen­shire, MoraySpey­side, Vis­itScot­land, Aber­deen­shire Coun­cil, High­land Coun­cil, High­lands and Islands Enter­prise, CNPA (Chair)
• Full meet­ing of the Cairngorms Tour­ism Part­ner­ship is in the diary for 21 April and we will make arrange­ments to host that online

Cairngorms Vis­it­or Survey

• Vis­it­or sur­vey has been ter­min­ated six weeks early — it is not appro­pri­ate to con­tin­ue face-to-face interviews
• We have already com­pleted around 2200 of the 2500 inter­views sched­uled. The con­sult­ants will be start­ing to ana­lyse the data over the next month, and will advise how best to com­pare the data to the pre­vi­ous survey.
• Indi­vidu­al inter­view sites have been informed directly

Cairngorms Busi­ness Partnership

• CPB are the key private sec­tor des­tin­a­tion organ­isa­tion and Cham­ber of Com­merce for the Park and are provid­ing very use­ful brief­ing for mem­bers through emails and Linked-in group

• We are work­ing to sup­port CBP’s import­ant work on col­lab­or­a­tion and com­mu­nic­a­tion with busi­nesses at this time

Scot­tish Tour­ism Emer­gency Response Group

• Update on this Group, chaired by Vis­itScot­land, was provided last night – inform­a­tion at https://​mail​chi​.mp/​s​t​a​l​l​i​a​n​c​e​/​c​o​r​o​n​a​v​i​r​u​s​-​1​7​-​march
• We are mak­ing arrange­ments to have one seat at table to rep­res­ent both Scot­tish Nation­al Parks

Oth­er use­ful links

• Health Pro­tec­tion Scotland
  • https://​www​.hps​.scot​.nhs​.uk/
• Scot­tish Cham­bers of Com­merce COVID-website
  • https://​www​.scot​tishcham​bers​.org​.uk/​p​r​e​s​s​-​r​e​l​e​a​s​e​s​/​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​s​u​p​p​o​r​t​c​o​v​id19/
• Vis­itScot­land
  • Advice For Event Organ­isers https://​www​.vis​itscot​land​.org/​e​v​e​n​t​s​/​a​d​v​i​c​e​-​m​a​t​e​r​i​a​l​s​/​c​o​r​o​n​a​virus
  • Advice for tour­ism busi­nesses https://​www​.vis​itscot​land​.org/​s​u​p​p​o​r​t​i​n​g​-​y​o​u​r​-​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​/​a​d​v​i​c​e​/​c​o​r​o​n​a​virus
• Scot­tish Tour­ism Alli­ance Daily Updates https://​scot​tish​touris​malli​ance​.co​.uk/​s​t​a​-​u​p​date/
• Scot­tish Enter­prise COV­ID-19 Helpline
  • Open Mon-Fri between 8.30am – 5.30pm – provid­ing busi­nesses with advice and guidance.
  • 0300 303 0660 – callers should select option one to speak to the COV­ID-19 team
• Event­brite Guide To Online Events
  • https://​www​.event​brite​.co​.uk/​l​/​c​o​r​o​n​a​v​i​r​u​s​-​r​e​s​o​u​r​c​e​s​-​e​v​e​n​t​-​o​r​g​a​n​i​s​e​r​s​/​?​_​k​e​=​e​y​J​r​b​F​9​I​b​W​F​p​b​C​I​6​I​C​J​p​b​m​Z​v​Q​G​N​5​Y​2​x​l​Z​n​J​p​Z​W​5​k​b​H​l​r​a​W​5​n​d​XNzaW Eub3JnliwglmtsX2NvbXBhbnlfaWQiOiAiSlhoeWIMIn0%3D