Edinburgh to introduce tourist tax for overnight stays

Stays from July next year will be subject to 5% visitor levy in first mandatory city-wide scheme in UK

Hotels, short-term lets and campsites in Edinburgh will start charging a visitor levy on all overnight stays in May, in a phased introduction to the scheme.

The levy, the first mandatory city-wide scheme in the UK, will be payable on all stays from July next year that are booked from 1 May onwards.