Chinese tourists spend more in France than in Singapore or the United States

A Chinese tourist spends an average of 5400 euros during his stay in France, 47% of this budget is directly allocated to shopping.
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Not content with being the first tourist destination in the world, with 83 million foreigners received in 2013, according to the World Tourism Organization, France is the European destination where the Chinese are the most blazing their credit cards. China UnionPay, the leading credit card issuer in China, has unveiled the list of countries where Chinese nationals their card holders spent the most last year.

France, who wins seventh in this list all countries, is the first European country to Switzerland (8th) and Italy (12th). "Surprising Point, France steals the show in the United States or in Singapore, close to destination with excellent offers shopping," notes Atout France, the tourism development agency of France, in a statement. Note also that France is exceeded only by Chinese destinations or geographically close: Hong Kong first, followed Macao or South Korea. Chinese tourists spent over 5 billion yuan (€ 700 million) in 2014, according to China UnionPay. Taiwan, Thailand, and Japan followed in 4th, 5th and 6th positions, with spending between 385 million yuan (€ 54 million) and $ 5 billion, followed by France in the same scale.

China became the first country in the world in terms of international tourism spending in 2012, according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization. The Chinese and spent $ 102 billion (almost 90 billion €) during their trips abroad, 40% more than the 73 billion in 2011. According to a recent study by Atout France, the expense average Chinese shopping in Europe is 3100 euros per household, excluding food and miscellaneous expenses amounting to 1,850 euros. These tourists spend more than 30% of their budget on fashion accessories, luxury goods, jewelry, perfumes, wine and souvenirs purchased in department stores, duty-free shops at airports and souvenir shops. In France, a Chinese tourist spends an average of 5400 euros during their stay, 47% of this budget is directly allocated to shopping.
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"The Hexagon, and Paris in particular, are associated with recognized brands that are more accessible locally especially in view of the tax refund," says Trump France. While 100 million Chinese are expected to travel around the world in 2020, traders are doing everything to attract this clientele. As part of an agreement just signed the CM-CIC bank with UnionPay International, the holders of UnionPay China card can also pay for purchases in over 100,000 retail outlets, and distributors in 5600 of the establishment tricolor in late June. Today, this card is accepted at over 30,000 accommodation (including department stores, duty-free shops, restaurants, hotels etc ...) in France. According to the survey Trump France, 88% of Chinese who had never been in France were planning to make a trip there in two years, and 71% of tourists who already recommended destination to their relatives.