An activist staged a protest at Edinburgh Airport demanding English tourists do not travel to Scotland - citing an academic as justification for their demo.
A campaigner from grassroots group Action for Scotland targeted Scotland's largest airport, which recently axed around 250 jobs due to the pandemic, to urge people from England not to travel to Scotland.
A banner reading 'England Stay Out of Scotland' was unfurled, which has been used at transport hubs and borders in the past few months.
Edinburgh Airport condemnted the "despicable act". Edinburgh Live understands that Nationalist campaigner Sean Clarkin chose to climb to the top of a closed multi-storey car park beside the terminal to unfurl his banner - far from where members of the public might see it.
Activist Sean Clerkin said: "We are doing today’s protest to continue our call to the Scottish Government to close the border and all ports of entry for non essential travel from England to Scotland to protect the people Of Scotland from COVID-19
"Professor Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University in her comments recently in the New York Times wrote 'Scotland and Northern Ireland have looked ahead at the coming winter and made a concerted plan to minimise community transmission......But neither nation has control over its borders because they are parts of the United Kingdom.
"'So both now face a stream of incoming infections from England and Wales."
"Our protest today is another call to reasonable men and women from south of the border to take their staycation south of the border and prevent furthering the spread of COVID-19 in Scotland.
"There will be further protests in the days and weeks ahead."
A spokesperson from Edinburgh Airport condemned the protest, saying: "This is a despicable act.
“This group knows that their brand of hatred would be challenged by right thinking people and chose to sneak in and perpetrate it far from the terminal.
“They do not represent the Scotland we live and work in or the Scotland that is recognised for its friendliness and tolerance across the globe.
“We condemn them unreservedly and will not accept it.
“We have contacted Police Scotland and asked them to pursue this matter urgently.”
