Much ado about Scottish independence

Scotland is making a flying start to 2013, it has already been voted as the top travel destination for the year, a big boost for tourism which Alex Salmon, the first minister aggressively promoted last year. Scotland believes oil revenues from the North sea will make it a prosperous nation if independence is achieved but oil revenues which account for a fifth of Scotland’s annual income have been dwindling for years, hence the promotion of tourism and renewables. 2013 is also the year intense campaigns between “Yes Scotland” and “Better Together” (YES and NO votes respectively) will begin before Scotland’s independence referendum to be held in 2014.