after the Scottish government passed legislation giving local authorities the power to do so. Image caption, Edinburgh City Council leader Jane Meagher believes the tourist tax will benefit the ...

Edinburgh Council will become the first local authority in the UK to introduce a visitor levy when plans are approved later this month. Years in the making, the 'tourist tax' has been subject to ...

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 ...

Scottish ministers argued that similar levies were in place in Europe, including tourist hotspots such as Amsterdam and Berlin. Edinburgh is expected to become the first place in the UK to launch ...

Tourists to Edinburgh could soon face a 5% surcharge on their visits after the final details for the proposed levy were confirmed. The cost of a ‘tourist tax’ in Scotland’s capital has ...