Tartan Army Euros fun boosts tourism in Scotland

On the pitch, the side struggled and failed to qualify for the knock out phase of the tournament, but for two weeks fans partied with the locals in Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart and beyond – making memories and friendships that would last a lifetime.

“It’s one of those where you had to be there to really understand what it was like,” said Craig Ferguson, who gained social media fame by walking in his kilt from Glasgow to Munich.

The 21-year-old has been back to Germany several times and has even become friends with the Mayor of Munich.

“Pretty much on the daily I’ve been getting messages from people in Germany saying ‘look Craig, we want to come to Scotland now because of what we’ve seen, what the Scottish people were like, in our cities over the summer’.

“For sure there’s not just people saying they want to come, but there are actually people booking flights to come, which is fantastic.

“I’ve been back a number of times and even off the back of what happened in the summer, people hear the Scottish accent and instantly say ‘no way, are you from Scotland?’

“It’s like they remember the positive connotations that came along with that and it’s just amazing.”