Could the National Park 'brand' spark a Borders-wide revival? National Parks are associated by people the world over with fabulous scenery and first rate facilities. While the parks are the major draw for visitors, the economic benefits that ripple out to communities and gateway towns beyond the park boundaries - the 'halo' effect - are huge. In Norway and New Zealand, new national parks have helped to stem rural depopulation and generate new business opportunities to transform the fragile economies of scenic but remote rural areas. Many parallels can be drawn with the Scottish Borders and this website invites discussion amongst local people and potential visitors about the creation and possible format of a new Scottish Borders National Park. The objective is to find a means to unite the region’s:
- Tourism - Agriculture - Forestry - Leisure - Sporting
industries behind a powerful, internationally recognised brand with the potential to transform the region’s economy - and establish a deeper appreciation of our outstanding natural assets and heritage. The new National Park Authority could manage, operate and market the region’s scenic assets and facilities and focus on:
· Promoting responsible access to the region’s scenic assets, while giving protection to these same assets; and
· Stimulating and coordinating new and existing business ideas and investment both in the Scottish Borders and across its borders. Leave a post here or visit our website and leave a comment there at www.borders-national-park.scot . Remember to Like this page so that we can keep you up to date and you can share our posts with your FB friends.
