Cities top tourism table

Glasgow and Edinburgh are sharing the lead as top tourism destinations.

In recent years, Glasgow has seen its tourism sector grow steadily to a point where it complements Edinburgh’s historic strengths on an equal footing.

Glasgow Caledonian University’s Professor John Lennon noted that “The beauty is, we have two cities, two very strong and different products, just 40 minutes apart. “Separately they perform well but together they would be unbeatable. Few places in Europe could offer what they could provide together.”

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Glasgow and Edinburgh generated almost as much extra GDP from 1995-2004 as the rest of Scotland combined - despite just a 20% share of the population BAK Basel Economics, 2005



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