Scotland is a small but diverse country – which is a huge part of its appeal - and Community Tourism enterprises are popping up all across the map from Unst on Shetland, to Newcastleton on the English border, and from Angus on the east coast to virtually every island on the west coast - and everywhere in between.
To inspire conscious travel to each of these amazing places you can search under four regions of Scotland - and six different types of visitor offer. And do come back again as we are adding new places all the time as our network grows and expands.
Find places throughout Scotland to 'Stay, Eat, Buy, Do, Enjoy' and receive a real community welcome.
Explore our map of Scotland to discover where you can meet proud and passionate locals and be welcomed into our world.
Stay
Overnight accommodation from hostels, self catering and airbnb to motorhome hook ups and camping
Eat
Cafes, pop-ups, community pubs and distilleries
Buy
Shops, crafts and provisions
Do
Experiences, activities, heritage and arts centres
Enjoy
Function spaces, events and festivals
Find
Services - such as information, toilets, ATMs, bike hire, baggage handling and storage and directions
Jura Community Shop
The Jura Community Shop on the island of Jura off the west coast of Scotland is owned and managed by its community.
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Penicuik Storehouse
As a social enterprise we have set ourselves the mission to bring people together and make our community more resilie...
Penicuik Storehouse Cafe
We use a bespoke blend of coffee and our delicious Isle of Gigha whole milk (we also offer dairy-free alternatives) t...
TRANSITION EXTREME
As a modern social enterprise and Scottish charity, Transition Extreme uses urban sports and their cultures to attrac...
Newcastleton and District Community Trust
Imagine a haven of rural tranquillity amidst the rolling magnificence of the Scottish Border countryside. If it is es...
Aberfeldy Birks Cinema
Birks Cinema is a unique state-of-the-art rural cinema in Highland Perthshire showing the latest films and much more....
Aberfeldy Birks Cinema Cafe & Bar
Our bright, warm and lively Cafe is open from 10am until late. We serve full breakfast and lunch menus, with daily sp...
Black Bull Gartmore
Steeped in history and within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, our beautiful old "drovers’ inn" is waitin...
Callander Jazz & Blues Festival
The Callander Jazz and Blues Festival is the largest rural Jazz & Blues festival in Scotland and is firmly establ...
Bressay Development Ltd
Bressay is an island on Shetland’s east side, a seven-minute ferry journey from Lerwick, Shetland’s capital town. Bre...
Bressay Development Ltd
The Speldiburn Café offers freshly made lunchtime specials and tasty soups, toasties and paninis along with homemade...
Bressay Development Ltd
With regular exhibitions featuring local and visiting artists, art and craft studio spaces, our resident artist Aimee...
Stromness Museum
Stromness Museum is an independent museum maintained and managed by a committee of volunteers elected from the member...
Cullen Sea School
Cullen Sea School is Scottish Registered Charity where you can choose from coastal rowing, kayaking, stand up paddleb...
Discover Cullen
Discover Cullen is a voluntary group working to support Cullen's tourism industry, operate a seasonal tourist office,...
Morayvia
Morayvia is a voluntary run aerospace visitor centre which opened to the public in 2015. Morayvia was initially forme...
Easter Ross Peninsula
The Easter Ross Peninsula is a community-led tourism destination. We invite you to take some time, to slow down and s...
Sanday Community Craft Hub
The Craft Hub sells a wide variety of crafts - all handmade here in Sanday -- art, jewellery, scarves & hats, kni...
Grinneabhat Community Hub - Cafe
Formerly Bragar School, Grinneabhat is a Social Enterprise 100% owned by the local community offering a range of visi...
Grinneabhat Community Hub - Accommodation
Formerly Bragar School, Grinneabhat is a Social Enterprise 100% owned by the local community offering a range of visi...
North & East
The Highlands, Grampian and Northern Isles host some of our oldest community led tourism enterprises linked to celebrating our culture and heritage and providing solutions for retaining much needed services for locals and visitors alike as well as some new award winning enterprises responding to a post covid world.
West
With a myriad of islands, remote peninsulas and rocky coastlines, the West Coast is a hive of community led tourism projects and initiatives with visitors as well as locals being proud beneficiaries. Islands typically foster an entrepreneurial mindset and innovative opportunities for visitors to readily give something back either in destination or once back at home.
Central
Spanning the central belt of Scotland and taking in our largest cities, industrial heartland and agricultural hinterland, this region has been witnessing community empowerment and development over recent decades with more and more recognising the merit of welcoming visitors and providing much needed services which enhance the visitor experience and derive important local benefits.
South
Arguably a less well known region but one which is now seriously punching above its weight, the South of Scotland is accessible to over 14 million people in the north of England and the central belt of Scotland and is peppered with innovative and some very ambitious community led tourism enterprises each seeking to retain valuable assets and stimulate the local economy.
