As the only network in the UK dedicated to supporting and growing community tourism, SCOTO Consulting has been established to provide professional advice, guidance, and tailored solutions.

Scotland’s policy landscape, with its focus on community empowerment and asset transfer, provides a powerful foundation for community-led tourism. With many projects and ideas involving varying levels of visitor engagement, it is essential that communities have access to specialist advice to maximise their potential.

Our focus is on growing a robust network of community tourism enterprises, initiatives and individuals across Scotland. The strength of the SCOTO Network lies in the sharing of information and inspiring each other, and we strongly believe everyone should have access to every conversation. 

As a cooperative owned by our Networkers, we have therefore adopted an open policy without any fees for individuals to become a SCOTO networker. However to add individuals to our database we do require official registration.

To support community enterprises, associations and trusts we have devised a fee structure for joining the network which provides direct access to our resources.  Finally, as a self-funded network we have a category for ‘supporters’ who can either donate or ‘pay it forward’ to enable a community of their choice to benefit from our network.