Tourism news archive
Tourism news and events archive from May 2006
| Hi-tech tales, magic circles and a sense of place - Hebridean beachwalk is a world first Stories from the past told in a wild and beautiful landscape through brand-new media will be available at Uig Beach on Lewis from later this summer. Visitors to Uig's Traighe Mor, one of the most beautiful beaches in the Outer Hebrides, can pick up a hand-held computer (iPaq) at the community shop and take themselves on an adventure that spans the centuries. | |
| Web accessibility tops the agenda Web accessibility is to take centre stage at the International World Wide Web conference in Edinburgh tomorrow (Tuesday), underlining again the importance of the issue to web site owners. | |
| Innovation roadshow gets underway Innovators across the Highlands and Islands area will shortly have the opportunity to learn more about the wide range of support schemes available to businesses developing new products and processes. | |
| Words to avoid email filtering Ever wondered why so-and-so never replied to your email? Ever wondered why you did not receive an important email you were waiting for? | |
| Helping businesses become wealthy and wise in northern Scotland A wealth of guidance and practical help will be on offer to small and medium sized enterprises across the Highlands and Islands, at an event to be held in Aviemore on Thursday 18 May. | |
| Net gets larger More than ten per cent of the planet’s population were online in March – some 694 million people aged 15 or over. And that’s a lot of disposable income in anyone’s language. | |