Research & Statistics

City Breaks and Cultural Activities

City breaks are short breaks (including at least one overnight stay), where visitors spend the majority of their holiday time in a city. In Scotland, six cities are vying for city break visitors:

  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow
  • Aberdeen
  • Stirling
  • Dundee and
  • Inverness.

Over the last few years, VisitScotland commissioned a few research projects to find out more about UK consumers, who take city breaks (in Scotland). Please read on for a summary of the research results.

Edinburgh Royal Mile

George Square, Glasgow

Edinburgh - view at dawn

City Breaks in Scotland research

Information on UK visitors who take city breaks (in Scotland).

pdf City breaks research May 2007 (PDF 61 KB)