As of this week, anyone booking a holiday to Edinburgh may notice that prices are slightly more expensive than expected.

Forever Edinburgh has launched the winter phase of its ‘Stay Different’ campaign, inviting visitors to discover an entirely different side of the city during the colder months, a season when Edinburgh ...

Edinburgh is set to become the first city in Scotland to introduce a tourist tax after the Scottish government granted powers to local authorities to introduce visitor charges. Edinburgh’s city ...

Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday that the Scottish Government will introduce a Bill that would give councils the power to enact tourist tax schemes. According to the City of Edinburgh Council, it ...

Visitors to Edinburgh who book stays from next summer onwards are now charged a 5 per cent tax on their hotel bill. The city ...

The movement to implement tourist taxes is growing. The city of Edinburgh is the latest to join the expanding trend of addressing the challenges brought about by tourism via a tourist tax. According ...

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It was, by any measure, a remarkable coup – a politician pulling off the seemingly impossible by announcing a new tax which the public actually supported. Jane Meagher, leader of Labour-run City of ...

Edinburgh is set to introduce a tourist tax on accommodation in a bid to raise up to £50 million a year towards improving the city. If agreed, from 24 July 2026, guests in the Scottish capital will ...

Edinburgh will become the first place in Scotland to charge visitors a "tourist tax" on top of the cost of their ...

The chair of an Edinburgh tourism body has warned that guidance for local businesses on the city's visitor levy was still unclear, just weeks away from it starting. At present, any bookings for stays ...

Thanks to powers granted by the Scottish parliament, Edinburgh is leading the way on charging its visitors taxes on their hotel stays. We could see more tourist taxes pop up in Scotland, making the ...