Who talk say we no get money?
Brazilians and Nigerians are set to rival the Chinese for top place as the most serious shoppers on Britain's high streets.
Tourists
from both countries are helping to fill the gap left by the fall in
Britons' spending. Purchases by Brazilian shoppers in Lon
don are up by
92 per cent while Nigerians have spent 50 per cent more in February compared with the same month last year,
according to tourism shopping and spending experts Global Blue. This is
the first time that Brazil has reached the top 10 of the big spending
countries the company said.
Both countries are big oil producers.
Brazil is one of the fastest growing countries in the world and part of
the so-called Bric group of emerging markets – which includes Russia,
India and China – thanks to its oil riches and other commodities such as
sugar and gold.
Nigeria, Africa's top oil producer, also has a vast industry which continues to fuel a large, wealthy elite.
The
news of the rise of the high-spending, equatorial tourist shopper
follows the latest report from Hotels.com of an upswing in the return of
business travel. It found that business travellers are boosting the
hotel sector – contributing to the 2 per cent rise in the average price
of a hotel night which is the first year-on-year increase since 2007.
Credit: www.independent.co.uk
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