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Business Development Workshop with Visit Scotland Monday October 26th 1.00pm – 4.00pm or Tuesday October 27th 10am – 1.00pm   Learn how to team up with neighbouring businesses to create all-in-one island experiences that attract international travellers and boost everyone’s bookings.   This free workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the travel […]

Mull Community Council have many concerns over Argyll & Bute Council’s revised visitor levy proposal and the current consultation. While we support any investment in infrastructure that improves the visitor experience or relieves communities of the pressures of having high visitor numbers, we would like to see the council prove that the benefits outweigh the

The Council has not demonstrated that visitors create costs requiring a new tax The proposal starts from the opportunity to raise income from visitors, rather than first — or at any point — establishing the need and rationale for the Levy. The Council Leader said in July that “Every area of life wants more investment than

Our VMI Member, Becky Carter, Isle of Mull Cottages, has been in touch with VMI to highlight the issue of the proposed Short Term Let Control Area. VMI is very grateful to Becky for raising awareness of this proposal and providing the guidance from ASSC. Read Becky’s letter. “You may be aware by now that

Response sent to Councillors Jim Lynch, Amanda Hampsey, Willie Hume and Andrew Kain and Jenni Minto MSP and Brendan O’Hara MP Visitor Levy: Visit Mull and Iona’s Position Visit Mull and Iona (VMI) represents 150 members operating 190 Mull and Iona businesses.  VMI believes a visitor levy for Mull and Iona would cause significant harm

The Board of Argyll and the Isles Tourism Cooperative (AITC), representing tourism and hospitality businesses across Argyll and the islands, has reaffirmed its opposition to the proposed year-round £5 Visitor Levy under current conditions. AITC supports investment in infrastructure and services that benefit visitors, residents and communities. Well-targeted investment could improve the visitor experience and

Whatever you may have heard about the MachairWind wind farm, it is the legally required Environmental Impact Assessment, with documents adding up to thousands of pages, which evaluates the project’s likely significant environmental and socio-economic effects.  It will be used by the Marine Directorate to assess the potential impacts of a development on the environment

ScottishPower Renewables: MachairWind Farm – What Do We Need To Know? MachairWind has been a local discussion point amongst the community for two years now, but the impact of this development is only now becoming clear. Iona Community Council (ICC) has spent weeks consulting the Iona community and gathering information and advice about the MachairWind

Proposed MachairWind Offshore Wind Farm Updated note, Iona Community Council, April 2026 (v2.2)   MachairWind is a proposed offshore wind farm south of Iona covering an area equivalent to more than half the landmass of Mull. It comprises 91 x 340 meter tall turbines, which would be among the tallest currently operational in the world,

EKOS report on the Visitor Levy for Argyll and Bute Council Case study: Visit Mull and Iona Destination Management Organisation About the organisation Visit Mull and Iona is a volunteer-led Destination Management Organisation (DMO). Established in 2018 the DMO aims to promote Mull, Iona, and the surrounding islands through targeted marketing campaigns, highlighting the key