New Green Badge Guides in Shetland

We are thrilled to announce that the ten students who have been training in Shetland over the past year passed their Green Badge exam recently and are currently in the process of becoming fully-fledged Regional Affiliate Members.

Scotland’s Year of Stories – Parliamentary Reception

Lyn Brown, STGA Chair, and Gillian Barrett, Association Manager, attended the Year of Stories Parliamentary Reception on Wednesday 14 December. It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate stories inspired by, written, or created in Scotland. As tourist guides, storytelling is … Continued

Scottish Thistle Awards 2022

STGA member Kenneth Bramham was honoured and delighted to be asked to join the judging panel for the Best Visitor Attraction Experience for two areas: Lothian and Borders and Central, Fife and Tayside at this year’s awards. The former was won by Camera Obscura and the World of Illusions and the latter by The Helix, Home of the Kelpies.

A Graduation Celebration for new Blue Badge Guides

VisitScotland executive director of industry and destination development Rob Dickson presented qualification certificates to graduates from the class of 2020 and 2022, in a ceremony at the historic 16th century Riddle’s Court in Edinburgh.

The Battle of Bannockburn

‘Bannockburn’ was a key battle in Scottish history. This article for Scotland’s Year of Stories will summarise the importance of the battle while also explaining how visitors to Scotland, as well as Scots themselves, can relive the experience in the town of Bannockburn, nowadays part of the city of Stirling in central Scotland.

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