Ayr Racecourse scooped VisitScotland’s top Quality Assurance accolade in 2015.

The national tourism organisation presented the racecourse, which in 2014 welcomed more than 100,000 visitors to racing fixtures and hospitality events, with a Five Star Visitor Attraction Award in recognition of its outstanding standards.

The racecourse won the coveted top grading following an incognito visit by one of VisitScotland’s quality and tourism advisors.

The complex was judged on the standards of its visitor information, signage and car parking, exterior and interior presentation and cleanliness, to the hospitality and friendliness of staff, and quality of the catering.

The scores each achieved in the visit report secured the attraction an ‘exceptional category’ grading.

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