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Chinese tourists' spending in Turkey up by 119 pct in first half of year

The Chinese who make up 40 percent of tax-free sales in the world and mostly prefer luxury shopping, have increased their spending in Turkey by 119 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Selim Şeyhun, general manager of Global Blue Turkey which provides value added tax (VAT) refund service to foreign visitors shopping Turkey said that the Chinese, who have applied for a refund of the TL 23.6 million ($6.67 million) spent in Turkey in the first half of the year, have increased this figure by 119 percent. Informing that the average expenditure per person by the Chinese climbed by 51 percent to TL 2.1 million ($.6 million).

Şeyhun said there has been a substantial increase in the amount of spending by the Chinese.


24.07.2017

Source: Daily Sabah


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