The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland would like to transform its controversial parade to mark July 12 into a cultural event that it hopes will attract tourists as well as people traditionally opposed to the march.

The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland would like to transform its controversial parade to mark July 12 into a cultural event that it hopes will attract tourists as well as people traditionally opposed to the march.

However, the ambition has been dismissed as unrealistic if the event continues to attract drunken hangers-on whose antisocial behaviour can create a hostile atmosphere around the parade.

More than 12,000 took part in the annual march through Glasgow city centre on Saturday and were joined by many thousands more spectators and followers. Police arrested 35 people, mostly for breach of the peace offences, and issued 99 fixed-penalty notices for drinking alcohol and urinating in public.

However, there were fewer arrests than in previous years and Ian Wilson, the Grand Master of the Orange Order in Scotland, remains convinced the annual parade can be transformed into something akin to a summer festival.

Nevertheless, he maintains that the central message of the march should not be diluted for the sake of inclusivity.