The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

3. RECREATION

Table 3.4 Overnight stays: Scottish Youth Hostels Association, 1993-19971 Number of hostels Number of overnight stays Area in 19972 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Scotland 81 609,504 586,798 627,065 657,148 623,260 Aberdeen City 1 17,444 15,074 16,094 16,608 16,283 Aberdeenshire 2 11,479 11,770 10,722 9,757 8,380 Angus 1 3103 2,904 2,860 3,526 2,935 Argyll and Bute 7 58,025 57,496 60,427 68,007 63,462 Clackmannanshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dumfries & Galloway 3 5,682 5,048 5,727 5,325 5,899 Dundee City 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Lothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Renfrewshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edinburgh, City of 4 85,919 85,761 92,812 97,591 88,746 Eilean Siar3 7 10,334 10,271 9,887 10,856 3,561 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fife 1 3,142 2,401 2,751 2,377 2,668 Glasgow City 1 49,225 50,114 48,623 52,667 43,194 Highland 30 243,330 227,740 238,391 246,638 241,315 Inverclyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 Midlothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moray 1 1,335 1,021 967 1,218 1,180 North Ayrshire 2 14,445 14,723 14,219 13,736 16,042 North Lanarkshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Orkney Islands 6 10,010 10,276 11,261 12,337 9,604 Perth and Kinross 3 22,859 21,046 23,698 24,092 25,081 Renfrewshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scottish Borders 4 19,570 17,400 20,043 20,696 19,863 Shetland Islands 1 0 0 3,645 3,663 0 South Ayrshire 1 6,833 6,366 6,165 5,479 7,601 South Lanarkshire 1 0 1,499 6,858 7,424 7,930 Stirling 5 46,769 45,888 51,915 55,151 59,516 West Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Lothian 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: Scottish Youth Hostels Association 1 Figures include adopted hostels. 2 Figures include 11 adopted hostels. 3 The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997.