Tourism

Considerable interest has been shown in taking over a popular tearoom on the North Coast 500 route in Caithness.

A Highland MP has called for a controversial tourism levy to be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) if it is introduced.

A tourist tax in the Highlands is an "exceptionally frightening” prospect for the area’s hotel industry, according to a representative body.

Roles available span various areas, including visitor experience, retail, catering, and operations.

Mackays Hotel in Wick is celebrating its 70th year in business with a bumper programme of hotel-hosted food, drink and entertainment events.

Works to repair a Sutherland bridge on the North Coast 500 route have reached a major milestone, Highland Council has announced.

The sun shone brightly at Halkirk on Saturday for the official unveiling of an expertly carved replica of an ancient Pictish stone in Thurso’s museum.

A replica Pictish stone that has been painstakingly carved over the last 12 months was put in place earlier this week.

A newly carved Pictish cross-slab replica is due to be unveiled in Halkirk after years of painstaking research and craftmanship.

Dunnet Bay is set to be the latest Scottish beach where access will be afforded to people whose mobility issues prevent them from enjoying the seaside

Trainspotters travelled from far and wide to visit Wick railway station on Thursday (May 1) as a gleaming black steam locomotive shunted in.

It is the most faithful of Border Collies, having stood gazing patiently upwards at its owner with one paw raised since the late 19th century.

More than 2500 passengers sailed into Caithness last week as Scrabster Harbour marked the start of the 2025 cruise ship season.

Caithness projects for Green Health Week (May 3-11) include events at Castletown, Dunnet Forest, Wick and Lybster.

The charity behind the John O’Groats Trail is already making strides with developing a new walking route in the far north.

A £90k footbridge has been opened across a wide burn on the John O’Groats Trail. John Davidson went along to hear about the impact of the new crossing

A John O’Groats petting farm showed off one of its latest arrivals with Dottie the blind lamb and said it has many activities planned over Easter.

Entries are now open for the Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards (HITA) 2025.

The campaign for a vital railway project that could sharply improve train reliability on the Far North Line has won the backing of a Holyrood hopeful.

Trains are once again calling at Altnabreac Station in the Flow Country, bringing the request stop’s 18-month long closure to an end.