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Profile of forest visitors - the All Forests Visitor Monitoring report
 Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) commissioned TNS Travel and Tourism in 2004 to undertake surveys and counts across all Scottish Forest Districts. The survey was set up to measure the volume of visitors across FCS forests and to obtain information on visitor profiles.
The report is based on the total results across three years of surveying, between June 2004 and June 2007, with almost 2,700 face to face interviews taking place. Some key findings in the survey include: - The most popular activities undertaken in the Commission's forests were dog walking (50%), other walking (29%) and cycling/mountain biking (11%)
- The average spend across all visitors was £17 per person
- Almost half of visitors were on a local day trip from home (49%), while a third were on a longer day trip and almost a fifth (18%) visited a Commission forest while on a holiday or short break
- 78% of visitors travelled to the forest by car, while 18% walked and less than 1% used public transport
- 85% of visitors were from Scotland while one in ten was from England
- 16% of visitors were aged under 16 and 17% of visitors were aged 60 or over.
For more information on forestry statistics, see the economic and statistics section.
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