Spending by Gulf tourists down 15 percent in ten years. More visitors from low-spending nationalities

Spending distribution for tourists from the KSA, the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar reached 51 percent of the total number of tourist spending in 2009. This percentage lost 15 percentage points during the last ten years, registering the lowest percentage last year (36 percent), according to the Global Blue report: 'Ten Years in Review in Spending Behavior for Tourist from: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar.'

The report aims to explain the position of these market segments in te...

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