The Scottish Government

(See Related Areas for related Scottish Executive links)

General Headings:

• Tourism - UK / Scotland data
• Tourism - International data
• Culture - UK Scotland
• Culture - European
• Sport

Full expanded list:

Tourism statistics come from the International Passenger Survey, the UK Tourism Survey and surveys on day leisure visits, accommodation occupancy, attractions and the opinions, attitudes and intentions of tourists.

The International Passenger Survey is undertaken by the Office for National Statistics.

Key tourism data are at www.staruk.org.uk and www.scotexchange.net

Other UK tourism sites are:

• National Statistics Transport, Travel and Tourism theme home page
• http://www.visitscotland.com/ is Scotland's national tourism organisation
• the Department for Culture, Media and Sport deals with tourism in England

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• The World Tourism Organisation publishes data on worldwide tourism

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National Statistics, 'Culture, Leisure & Social Participation' topics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=7691
Also, consumer expenditure information is available in the publications
'Family Spending: A report on the 2001-02 Expenditure and Food Survey'.
'Family Spending: A report on the 2002-03 Expenditure and Food Survey'
'Family Soending: A report on the 2003-04 Expenditure and Food Survey'

Scottish Arts Council
http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/
The Information section contains a list of publications, including 'Arts Expenditure in Scotland' and the 'Attendance Participation and Attitude Survey'.

The National Library of Scotland
http://www.nls.uk/
The Annual Report contains some statistics in the 'Finance and Statistics' Section.

National Museums of Scotland
http://www.nms.ac.uk/about/
The Annual Review and Corporate Plan contain some statistics.

Scottish Museums Council
http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk/
The 'Information Service' Section contains a list of 'Facts and Figures' on Scottish museums (visitor numbers, number of museums).

Scottish Screen
http://www.scottishscreen.com/
The Information section contains some statistics.

Comunn na Gaedhlig: Statistics
http://www.cnag.org.uk/stats.htm
Contains Gaelic statistics from census data and education data.

Glasgow University: Centre for Cultural Policy Research
http://www.culturalpolicy.arts.gla.ac.uk/
The Research section contains information on the 'Cultural Statistics' Project, including briefing papers and a bibliography.

Department for culture media and sport
http://www.culture.gov.uk/
The Research section contains a list of statistics outputs and information on developments for a regional cultural data framework.

Arts Council of England
http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/
Contains the publication 'Artists in Figures: A Statistical portrait of cultural occupations'.

Loughborough University: Library and Information Statistics Unit (LISU)
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/lisu/lisuhp.html
Library and Information Statistics Tables (LIST) are available on the website.

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Eurobarometer Study - Cultural Activities
Statistics on Cultural activities / media exposure (television, radio, computer/Internet, print media, music).

Eurostat - Education, Training & Culture Statistics
Use the keyword 'culture' to search for all the relevant documents.

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SportScotland
http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/
sportscotland is the national agency for sport in Scotland. The publications section contains some sports participation statistics.

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