Tourism leaders in Edinburgh said they are encouraged by bookings for Hogmanay celebrations - and that guests are not cancelling bookings over the new covid variant.
The Edinburgh Hotels Association, which represents more than 50 of the capital's leading establishments, said its members were forecasting bookings to be in line with 2019.
Bosses said they are also anticipating a last-minute surge in bookings. Organisers of the Hogmanay festival, which is expected to attract more than 30,000 revellers into the city centre, said more than half of the available tickets had been snapped up.
They said there has been no drop off in sales since news about the Omicron variant emerged.But the hotels association admitted some operators are