South Lanarkshire Council aim to attract more visitors to the area by launching a tourism strategy

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A tourism strategy has been drafted for South Lanarkshire to make the area more attractive for visitors.A draft document was discussed at this week's Community and Enterprise Resources Committee which outlined future plans to make South Lanarkshire a vibrant area to attract additional economic opportunities.Plans aim to make the industry recover from the pandemic and place people, progress and planet at the forefront – with key priorities and targets put in place to measure the success of the strategy.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The vision within the draft for South Lanarkshire is to ‘to cultivate a vibrant, successful visitor economy in South Lanarkshire which promotes responsible growth and creates jobs and opportunities for communities throughout the region’.A total of £500,000 has been allocated to the tourism strategy as the council believe that it is important to support growth in the sector by taking advantage of the area’s natural environment, heritage and culture.

A full time tourism officer has been recruited to finalise and assist with delivering the strategy plan and measure its success going forward.Councillors welcomed the plans, which would see the local economy prosper.Councillor David Shearer (Clydesdale West), said: “It’s great to see this starting to come forward and it is