Latest figures from VisitScotland for the first half of the year show the number of overnight stays from UK visitors fell by around 9 per cent.
The number of "staycation" visits to Scotland was 4.49 million, a drop of almost a quarter of a million on the equivalent period in 2011.
And although there was a 5 per cent increase in the number of "day visitors" to Scotland, the amount they have actually been spending slumped by 30 per cent in the first half of the year. July and August are also expected to have been badly damaged by poor weather and the London Olympics.
(Oct 1, 2012 Scotsman)