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Scotland serves as a well developed tourist destination. The tourism generally serves about 200,000 jobs especially in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year. The complete region of Scotland is bordered by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and sharing one major land border to its southern portion with England. Edinburgh serves as the capital of Scotland and is one of a major tourist destination serving as the second largest city of Glasgow which is also the centre of the Greater Glasgow conurbation
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Scotland is all clean and unspoilt lush blessed with vagaries of nature. The place is all filled with scenery holding a traditional rich and composite history along with thousands of historic sites and attractions. One other important factor that attract oversees tourists for excursions in Scotland is its rich culture. The major attractions of Scotland basically include prehistoric stone circles, standing stones, burial chambers, and many remnants from Bronze Age, Iron Age and Stone Age. The country also holds many historic castles, battlegrounds, beautiful houses, ruins and museums. A massive amount is earned by the country from the tourists visiting the place from United Kingdom. The 2002 records show that the tourists from United Kingdom made 18.5 million visits to Scotland, staying 64.5 million nights and spending £3.7bn whereas the residents from other countries made 1.58 million visits to Scotland, staying 15 million nights and spending £806m. In fact the tourists from United States offer hefty amount to this country.
Considered with the tourism aspect the country of Scotland is a well developed and very famous tourist destination. The country is filled with thousands of historic sites and attractions which has a long and composite history. The ancient history of Scotland also serves greatly to the country including prehistoric stone circles, standing stones, burial chambers, and many remnants from Bronze Age, Iron Age and Stone Age. Usually tourists coming to this country love to visit the historic castles, battlegrounds, beautiful houses, ruins and museums. One other important factor that attract oversees tourists to this beautiful country is the culture of Scotland.
The art galleries and museums of Scotland truly represent the vagaries of culture and thoughts of its people represented through the arts. Some of the important historic sources include Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Provost Ross's House Aberdeen, Castle Douglas Art Gallery, Dumfries Museum and McManus Galleries, Dundee.
The major tourist’s destinations visited by the tourists during their trip to this country include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Our Dynamic Earth and the Royal Mile, Burrell Collection, Glasgow Cathedral, the Glasgow Science Centre and the Kelvingrove Museum. The Glasgow serves as one of the famous tourist destination and is must to see site.
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