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Hotels and tourism firms given July 15 date to aim to reopen
Perthshire hoteliers and others chasing income from visitors.The announcement was made on Wednesday in the Scottish Parliament by the cabinet secretary for rural economy and tourism, Fergus Ewing MSP.Mr Ewing confirmed the Scottish Government’s intention to give the go-ahead to the tourism and hospitality sector’s reopening, subject to continued suppression of COVID-19.Selfish parking in Perth city street leads to finesThe caveat is that a firm decision will not be made until July 9, conditional on the country moving into ‘stage three’ of suppression of the pandemic.And the two-metre distancing rule will stay.In Dunkeld, Zsolt Balogh, owner of the Atholl Arms Hotel for the last two years, has kept the hotel closed during COVID-19.He said