Would the wind farm affect the number of tourists visiting the area?
There is no evidence to suggest that wind farms negatively affect tourism. A MORI survey of visitors to major beauty spots in Scotland stated that the presence of wind farms in the area made no difference to whether they would return. When asked what effect, if any, the wind farms had had on their impression of the area, 55 per cent said ‘generally’ or ‘completely positive’, 32 per cent said ‘ambivalent’ and only 8 per cent said ‘negative’ (MORI Social Research, 2002).
