15th July 2009 - Weak pound lures Arab shoppers to West End (D Tel)

The weak pound is encouraging foreign shoppers to come to the United Kingdom to spend their money. In terms of average amount spent on a visit to London, visitors from Saudi Arabia top the table at !,678 sterling per trip, followed by those from Russia (1,169 sterling per trip). According to this source of statistics, American shoppers spend only 772 per trip.