Edinburgh festivals move step closer to 25% boost from tourist tax

Levy introduced last month means visitors staying overnight pay extra 5 per cent

This year’s Edinburgh TV Festival was one of the buzziest, a somewhat ironic fact given it’s also the last. From next year the TV festival, which first originated in the Scottish city fifty years ago, is moving to Manchester. The move was inevitably the talk of this year’s edition, with many genuinely emotional at the…