Tourists' luxury spending up in December for first time since February: study

Reuters

Published Jan 20, 2017 12:10PM ET

Updated Jan 20, 2017 12:20PM ET

Tourists' luxury spending up in December for first time since February: study

PARIS (Reuters) - Global spending on luxury goods by tourists was up in December for the first time since February, lifted by strong business in Britain and France, a study by tax-refund services firm Global Blue showed.

Tourism spending on luxury goods was up 3 percent year on year in December overall, with a 26 percent increase in Britain and 21 percent in France, which had suffered from a sharp downturn after deadly Islamist attacks in Paris and Nice.