英國脫歐導致免稅購物上升 中國遊客佔主力

A weaker pound in the wake of the Brexit vote has led to a 7% year-on-year increase in tax free shopping in the UK by overseas tourists in July, according to new figures by tourism shopping tax refund company Global Blue.

旅行購物退稅公司環球藍聯發佈的最新數據顯示，脫歐公投後英鎊走低使得7月份境外遊客在英國的免稅購物額同比增長7%。

Spending from Chinese mainlanders accounted for 32% of the total, which was the largest. Their average spend was about 840 pounds per transaction.

中國大陸游客的消費額佔總額的32%，是最大的消費羣體，平均每單消費約840鎊。

Travelers from the US made the most of the exchange rate and were the second largest spenders. They accounted for a 7% share of the total spend and an average payout of 734 pounds.

美國遊客充分利用匯率，成爲第二大消費主力；其消費額佔總額的7%，平均每單消費734鎊。

Hong Kong travellers followed closely in third position with a 6% share of total spend in the UK.

香港遊客緊隨其後，其在英國的總消費額佔比爲6%，排在第三位。

Global Blue believe that the start of Ramadan may have softened the growth in spending from Middle Eastern visitors but it still did not put them off from ringing up large amounts at the tills.

環球藍聯認爲，齋月的開始可能使得來自中東地區的遊客的消費額增長有所放緩，但並未影響他們整體的消費力。

Travellers from Qatar had the highest average spend per transaction at 1,642 pounds in July.

7月份，卡塔爾遊客的平均單筆消費額最高，爲1642鎊。

Gordon Clark, Global Blue's managing director for UK and Ireland, said: "Though the weaker pound following the referendum was initially unwelcome news, it has proved perfect timing for tourists visiting the UK, enjoying the British leisure, luxury and cultural offering during the summer season.

環球藍聯英國和愛爾蘭區的經理戈登·克拉克表示：“儘管英國的歐盟公投造成了英鎊貶值是令人沮喪的消息，但也是遊客在暑期來英國旅遊，享受英國的休閒、奢侈品和文化產品最好的節點。”

"The cash injection we have seen off the back of this has been hugely beneficial for our tourism economy.

“我們已經看到，資金的注入對我們的旅遊經濟非常有益。

As the pound still fluctuates, we hope the flurry of tourist activity to the UK has inspired others to visit and shop in the UK, where they can see a large discount from exchange rate benefits, but also from tax free shopping."

目前英鎊還在波動，我們希望頻繁的英國旅遊活動，能夠讓其他人來英國參觀和購物。在這裏他們可以來享受因匯差和免稅帶來的較大折扣。”