Edinburgh fringe ticket sales suffer as price of accommodation soars

Venues say they expect sales to be 25% down on 2019 as visitors and artists alike priced out of attending

Venues at the Edinburgh fringe say they are expecting a 25% decrease on ticket sales this year compared with 2019 as a result of soaring accommodation costs pricing out visitors.

Eight of the biggest fringe venues - Assembly, Dance Base, Gilded Balloon, Just the Tonic, Pleasance, Summerhall, Underbelly and Zoo - said they expected to sell 1,486,746 tickets this year, compared with 1,965,961 in 2019.