* Expenditure on "tax free" operations that have completed the entire process from issuance to settlement. The data comes from stores affiliated with Global Blue that in the reference period and the previous year had registered sales to tourists.
They include transactions of less than 90.16 euros, the former minimum purchase amount to receive the VAT refund, eliminated in July 2018.
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Tax free average expenditure of non-EU tourists according to origin Spain 2018
This statistic shows the average expenditure on tax-free purchases of non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality. That year, tourists from China made an average expenditure of almost *** thousand euros in their tax-free purchases. In second and third place respectively, Americans and Russians spent on average more than *** thousand euros.
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ION Comunicación. (March 31, 2019). Average expenditure on tax free purchases of non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1183933/tax-free-average-expenditure-of-non-eu-tourists-according-to-origin-spain/
ION Comunicación. "Average expenditure on tax free purchases of non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality." Chart. March 31, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /statistics/1183933/tax-free-average-expenditure-of-non-eu-tourists-according-to-origin-spain/
ION Comunicación. (2019). Average expenditure on tax free purchases of non-EU tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by nationality. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2026. /statistics/1183933/tax-free-average-expenditure-of-non-eu-tourists-according-to-origin-spain/
ION Comunicación. "Average Expenditure on Tax Free Purchases of Non-eu Tourists Who Visited Spain in 2018, by Nationality." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 31 Mar 2019, /statistics/1183933/tax-free-average-expenditure-of-non-eu-tourists-according-to-origin-spain/
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