Edinburgh Tourism Action Group
Mercat Tours is proud to announce its accreditation as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2), reinforcing its commitment to building an inclusive workplace and ensuring equal opportunities for disabled people within the tourism sector. The Disability Confident scheme, developed by the UK Government, supports employers to challenge barriers, change perceptions and create more inclusive workplaces. […]
Source Edinburgh, the city’s independent tourist information centre, based within the French Institute of Scotland just off the Royal Mile, has celebrated 1 year (1 May 2025) since opening its doors to welcome and support visitors. The team have welcomed over 30,000+ visitors in the first 12 months, and through their ticket sales service they have generated £65,000+ […]
VisitScotland and AccessAble offer an online course which showcases the lived experience of disabled people alongside the legal requirements of accessibility. It was written by Dr Gregory Burke, a practising employment and discrimination barrister and a disabled person. He is also the founder of AccessAble. Course modules include: VisitScotland has purchased licences for this course […]
The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking feedback from businesses to help shape a new coach management plan, to better manage coach operations in the city, while improving public safety and enhancing the visitor experience. The Plan is split into the core themes of:– Parking– Routing– Emissions– Communications As an important market for Edinburgh’s tourism […]
Do you want help to make your business more sustainable? Delivered in partnership by VisitScotland and Climate Springboard, this innovative programme aims to accelerate climate action within tourism and events businesses. The programme is completely free. The six-week online programme helps organisations calculate their current carbon emissions, create a practical climate action plan to reach […]
Edinburgh’s Winter Festival – encompassing Edinburgh’s Christmas and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay – has delivered its strongest performance to date, generating a record £241 million economic impact for the city and confirming Edinburgh’s position as one of Europe’s leading winter destinations with a record of 93 countries represented across its audiences. The latest results, drawn from the most recent post‑event impact report, show […]
Tripadvisor Announces 2026 Travellers’ Choice Awards: Best of the Best Things to Do, Recognising the World’s Most Loved Travel Experiences and Attractions, with not one, but two Edinburgh attractions making the top ten! Congratulations to all the team at The Royal Yacht Britannia on achieving first place for Top Attraction in the World, with The […]
A well-known independent coffee shop in Edinburgh has become Scotland’s first hospitality employer to achieve Living Hours accreditation. Black Medicine Coffee Co., an established coffee shop, café and social space, has made a commitment to secure and predictable working hours. Black Medicine Coffee Co. has been an accredited Living Wage employer since 2019. This announcement of […]
In recent weeks, several initiatives have launched across the city, which will contribute towards Edinburgh’s goal of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030. Keep Scotland Beautiful have launched Cup Movement in Edinburgh, making recycling sigle-use cups in the city easier by introducing dedicated cup bins on Market Street, Waverley Bridge and outside Haymarket Station. They […]
VisitScotland’s annual flagship travel trade event, VisitScotland Connect, took place at the SEC in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago, with Edinburgh businesses in strong attendance, from Port of Leith Distillery to Dovecot Studios to Lost Shore Surf Resort, to name a few. Businesses had the opportunity to meet with 330 global buyers (international and domestic) […]
