For Terry Levinthal, the question is not if Edinburgh 's residents take drastic action against the growing number of tourists in their city, but when."As the city gets busier and busier, I don’t think we’re that far behind something happening in Edinburgh to really bring this to the fore,” says the director of the Cockburn Association. “Whether that’s a mass protest, I don’t know.
Nobody is saying we need to stop tourism, but by God, we need to start managing it.” Advertisement Advertisement Sign up to the weekly Cost Of Living newsletter. Saving tips, deals and money hacks.
Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Edinburgh has long been one of the great success stories of Scottish and British tourism – a scenic, pedestrian-friendly capital city with a rich history and heritage, top drawer attractions, and an internationally renowned portfolio of cultural events. But at what point does the city’s status as a global visitor destination reach a tipping point? In recent weeks and months, other tourist hotspots across Europe have been paying the price for their success, with local communities in the likes of Mallorca and Greece drawing a line in the sand, and warning authorities the decades-long economic pursuit of international visitor spending has become unsustainable.
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