By cuckooshoe

The UK “Inbound visitor statistics for Q4 2022” published in May 2023 [above] show how well Scotland does compared to the other nations and regions of the UK and [below] increases:

Scotland set new Q4 records for both visits and spend in Q4 2022. There were 850,000 visits between October – December 2022 spending a total of £680 million (up 1% and 19% respectively on the same period of 2019). In 2022, 3.2 million inbound visits were made to Scotland – 7% fewer than in 2019. Though visit numbers were down in 2022 (compared to 2019), visitor spending set a new January – December record of £3.2 billion (up 24% on 2019).

https://www.visitbritain.org/2022-inbound-data-0

In the last month or two, BBC Scotland has been more interested in tourist taxes rather than celebrating any recent trends that might be linked to the Scottish Government.