Don’t let events ruin the capital

EDINBURGH’S Christmas market is a popular event for locals and tourists from across the world.

More than 2.6million people visited the event run by Underbelly over seven weeks.

But more than £150,000 was needed to fix Princes Street Gardens after the market turned it into a mudbath.

The damage meant the iconic site only reopened to the public a few weeks ago.

Tourism is a lucrative industry for the capital but the people who live in the city should not be inconvenienced by large events.

Consideration needs to be given to the future of the Christmas market if this is the cost and the effect it has on the city’s natural assets.