Tourism - Green tourism
Green Tourism is a growing tourist market built round sustainable development. By exploiting its townscape, its trees, its seascape, its countryside setting, its proximity to the National Park and its access to the Highlands Helensburgh is ideally positioned to exploit the opportunities Green Tourism presents.
INITIATIVES
- Paths networks - foot, cycle and bridle - around Helensburgh plus links to nearby settlements and the National Park, should be completed, as planned, by the Helensburgh & District Access Forum qw
- The Reservoirs and Skating Pond area, while remaining in the Greenbelt, should be designated for outdoor and recreational use in the Local Plan. Recreations could include canoeing, boating and fishing
- First impressions count - the approaches & entry point to the town should be attractive and welcoming
- “Trail and Train” schemes should be developed with the rail companies
- Specialist trails to be promoted, e.g. children’s trails, nature trails, parks and gardens, town and countryside heritage, architecture, ornithological etc
- Eco-tourism possibilities should be explored , e.g. bird watching, tree-trails
- Integrate Helensburgh with the Forestry Commission’s plans linking urban areas with the countryside through parks, open space and green corridors while strengthening the wildlife gene pool
- Encourage tourist operators to join the Green Tourist Scheme
N.B. In the document, Initiatives that can be achieved fairly quickly are marked “-qw” (quickwin)
