With tourists outnumbering locals by 20:1, islanders say levy is needed to help protect neolithic sites and maintain public services With tourists outnumbering locals by 20:1, islanders say levy is needed to help protect neolithic sites and maintain public services Artisan jewellery, gift and whisky shops crowd the main street of Kirkwall on Orkney. The town even has a new sushi shop, offering bento boxes and matcha cheesecake. Once home to the Viking earls who ruled the islands, Kirkwall has