Edinburgh tour guides will see increased council charges to take groups into graveyards after an effort to bring in donations failed to raise enough cash.
Edinburgh City Council currently charges tour companies which visit cemeteries an annual £90 registration fee to meet the cost of "expensive ongoing conservation and maintenance" of city centre burial grounds which see significant footfall from ghost tours.
This will rise to £150 from July, whilst a yearly £120 charge for each individual guide will also be introduced in a bid to boost funds for upkeep of Cannongate, Greyfriars and St Cuthert's Kirkyards, which the council said cost £86,000 last year.
