* Tourists who make expenditures in "tax free" operations and have completed the entire process from issuance to settlement. The data comes from stores affiliated with Global Blue that had recorded sales to tourists during the reference period and the previous year.
** Profiles:
- Elite: tourists who spent more than 40,000 euros in the last 24 months.
- Frequent: tourists who have made more than three trips in the last 24 months.
- Infrequent: tourists who have traveled at least once a year.
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Tax-free shopping: spending of Chinese tourists distributed by profile Spain 2018
This statistic presents the percentage distribution of spending by Chinese tourists who visited Spain in 2018, by profile. In that year, the spending of tourists classified as elite (more than * euros spent in the last 24 months) accounted for ** percent of the total. However, tourists with that profile represented only * percent of the total tourists from the Asian giant.
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