Leading visitor nations for tax-free shopping in the UK 2017, by market share
This statistic illustrates the leading visitor nations for tax free shopping in the United Kingdom (UK) from January to September 2017, based on the share of total spending. During this time period, Chinese shoppers accounted for the largest share of tax-free spending across the various nationalities, at 28 percent. Shoppers from the Middle East (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE) had the second largest share, responsible for around 25 percent of tax free spending in the UK.