Question reference: S2W-25524
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 2 May 2006
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Current status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 12 May 2006
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support or encouragement it has given to VisitScotland or other tourist bodies to promote Doric or Lallan Scots language tourism.
Answer
The Scottish Executive considersScots and its regional forms to be an important part of Scotland’s distinctive linguisticand cultural heritage. VisitScotland is therefore encouraged to promote Scots languagetourism where it is appropriate to do so. For example, VisitScotland supports theDoric Festival which takes place in and around Aberdeen every autumn, and EventScotlandsupports a number of events celebrating the work of Robert Burns. Celebrating thelife and work of Burns will also be one of the themes of Year of Homecoming in 2009.