In the past week the new Edinburgh Festival Fringe chief executive, Tony Lankester, made the latest bid for a chunk of ...

It follows the approval of a 5% tourist tax on overnight accommodation in Edinburgh, which will be applied from July 2026. Tourists spent almost £340m in Fife in 2023, according to VisitScotland, with ...

When it comes to the latest UK cities considering a tourist tax for overnight visitors, London and Liverpool seem likely ...

Introducing a tourism tax in Wales would be a "very risky economic move" which could jeopardise jobs and businesses, the UK's ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is aiming to secure a £1.1 million share of money raised from the city’s new tourist tax. Councillors are expected ...

Liverpool has become the latest UK city to introduce a tourist tax, in a move leaders have hailed as a positive innovation amid squeezes to traditional funding streams ...

Protesters marched nearly three miles to Edinburgh City Chambers to illustrate the length of the queue for housing in the ...

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is aiming to secure a £1.1 million share of money raised from the city’s new tourist tax. Councillors are expected to be asked to help artists and performers meet ...

She said she believed a tourist tax "makes sense" in places with a high tourist concentration in a small area like Edinburgh, where "there's a massive shortage of accommodation". But Wales was ...