Edinburgh tourists heading to Spain for the holidays this year are being issued an urgent warning.
In Spain, hotels have a legal obligation to register the passport details of their customers at check-in. This was put in place initially to ensure that tourists didn't depart the hotel without paying their bill.
However, the Foreign Office has reportedly recommended that people don't leave their passports at the hotel reception to collect later, but instead wait until staff have taken details or made a photocopy, reports the Liverpool Echo.
