Residents across Edinburgh are to choose how money raised by the new Visitor Levy is spent in their neighbourhoods. Each of the council’s 17 electoral wards will benefit from a share of £1.7 million over three years, with residents directly deciding how to spend the portion of levy income in their local ward, in part by way of a new online voting portal. A one-year pilot programme will test the process and identify areas for improvement, with £20,000 available per ward in the 2026/27 financial year, followed by the remaining funds for two-year projects to take place in 2027/28 and 2028/29.