Shopping tourism in Europe is revived by the arrival of tourists from Asia and America
24-09-23
Shopping tourism in Europe is recovering after three years at historic lows as a result of the coronavirus health crisis and the closure of long-haul air traffic. And a good example of this recovery is the positive evolution of taxfree sales, those made by non-EU tourists in Spain and which allow them to deduct VAT on them.
The information compiled by the Swiss company Global Blue, one of the main operators of these sales transactions, shows that they have been exceeding pre-crisis levels for six months (from February to August) and in the year-to-date they are 21 points above the figures for 2019.