What consideration it has given to abandoning plans for further Homecoming events in view of any losses and the need to curb expenditure.

No consideration has been given to abandoning plans for further Homecoming events. On 25 May the independent evaluation of Homecoming Scotland 2009 was published by the leading economic and social development consultancy, EKOS. This research showed that Homecoming Scotland 2009 had been a huge success, attracting 95,000 additional visitors to Scotland and generating £53.7 million in additional tourism revenue for Scotland, exceeding the £44 million target by 22 percent. Given the success of last year''s celebrations it makes strong economic sense to repeat the concept and a second Year of Homecoming will be staged in 2014, in the year that Scotland hosts the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup and that marks the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.