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VisitScotland.com is the trading name of eTourism Ltd, a private limited company set up by a public private partnership in 2002.
eTourism Ltd is owned by VisitScotland (Scotland's national tourist board), Tiscover, Partnerships UK Ltd, and Atos Origin.
VisitScotland.com delivers a multi-channelled bookings and information service for visitors to Scotland. To achieve this, the company
- Manages the www.visitscotland.com domain, where information and accommodation availability is offered live to over 5 million unique users each year;
- Operates the National Booking and Information Centre where a team of trained advisors deals personally with telephone requests for information and bookings;
- Provides online access to its information and accommodation availability to the 120 Tourist Information Centres networked across the country.
VisitScotland.com is the country's most comprehensive source of bookings and information on Scotland.
A number of accommodation providers, particularly those outwith the main cities, have lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament to return the group to public ownership, arguing that the use of public money to fund the parent company eTourism Ltd is disrupting competition, an assertion which eTourism unconditionally rejects.
