Tourism cheer for distillery

GLENKINCHIE Distillery has seen a seven per cent increase in visitor numbers in the last year, parent company Diageo has announced.

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Apr 2011, 16:08 BST

Updated 2nd May 2011, 12:45 BST

The Pencaitland whisky-maker welcomed 24,465 visitors in 2010.

This is welcome news for the company, which had announced a five per cent fall in visitors the previous year.

Rhona Paisley, manager of Glenkinchie Visitor Centre, said: "We are delighted by the increase in visitor numbers we have seen over the last year."