Originally Posted by
willy wombat
Good news for Scotland in general. You've got to laugh at the TV coverage on the BBC where the Scottish Tourism officials keep banging on about how this means Chinese visitors won't have to travel via London (and only London). Don't they realise that they also travel via Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Amsterdam, Frankfurt etc etc
I think what they meant is Chinese tourists come to the UK, stopping in London for a few days, before making a secondary, short trip to Scotland. Now they can come direct to Scotland as a main trip, spending longer here.