I think a hypothetical independent Scotland would get a good amount of revenue in from tourism. Scotland being independent or still part of the UK isn’t really going to dissuade people from going. Honestly, it’s up to them in the end. There are countries that have smaller economies than a hypothetical independent Scotland who have done alright for themselves. As for using the attitudes and behaviors to judge the movement, I think that’s really unfair since A) one could just as easily point to the same kind of behavior from the anti-independence people. As Backwoods Sleuth has gotten at, we are talking about real people who can and should not be defined solely by ideology and I will add our own independence movement wasn’t so warm and fuzzy.