OUR STUDY ON EDINBURGH’S TOURISM AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS HELPING THE CITY TO PLAN FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Our 90-page report, released just last month by the Edinburgh Tourism 2020 Strategy Implementation Group takes an in-depth look at urban growth at a time of rising visitor numbers, setting the scene for Edinburgh’s tourism stakeholders to build the city’s 2030 tourism strategy.

TOPOSOPHY is proud to be behind a major new report on tourism and urban development in the city of Edinburgh. Looking at subjects as diverse as urban mobility, energy use, hotel development and overseas market forecasts, our study Setting the Scene builds a comprehensive picture of the issues that Edinburgh can expect to face over the coming decade as the city expands and finds ways to manage its status as a thriving destination.

The report is informing the development of a new strategy for the city, and in the spirit of openness and collaboration with which the strategy is being compiled, has been made available for free download from the ETAG website. The full report is 90-pages long, and it is also available as an attractive Executive Summary slide deck, prepared by our in-house design team. 

The research process dealt with more than 200 documents submitted by the partner agencies to this project: The City of Edinburgh Council, the Data Driven Innovation Programme Team, Edinburgh Tourism Action Group, Marketing Edinburgh, Scottish Enterprise and VisitScotland, as well as our own extensive range of resources on global consumer megatrends and placemaking.

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TOPOSOPHY has created useful tools for European cities seeking to manage tourism growth and transform destination marketing organisations in order to serve their destinations better. Find out more about the ECM Toolbox on Managing Tourism Growth in Europe, as well as the Manifest on the Future of DMOs. We have also carried out destination masterplans for Scottish destinations including Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire, and the Tay Cities Region.