Chinese travellers are outspending their Asian peers at the region’s airports in search of gifts, food and luxury purchases, a trade association has found.
Passengers from China have led the recovery in Asia’s airport retail since the Covid-19 pandemic, spending twice the regional average on luxury goods, according to a study by the Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific and Middle East released earlier this month.
China’s travellers have logged the “highest spend per passenger of any nationality” during the post-pandemic period, the association’s director general, Stefano Baronci, said earlier this month. Recovery in spending has outpaced that of passenger volumes, he added.
