INTERNATIONALTRAVEL CALENDAR

2020 EUROPEWe are pleased to share with you the 2020 Travel Calendar, highlighting potential key spending periods in Europe for some international shoppers.

This is not a forecast, but an indication of probable key spending periods for this year, based on historical Global Blue Tax Free shopping data.

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GULFCOUNTRIES

July

June

August

December

April

January

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November

February

March

May

RUSSIA

January

July

August

March

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November

December

February

April

May

June

UNITEDSTATES

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July

August

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November

December

April

February

January

March

SOUTHEASTASIA

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June

April

December

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May

July

November

February

January

August

March

GREATERCHINA

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August

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January

April

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November

December

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TOP TRAVELLING AND SHOPPING PERIODS

HIGH TRAFFIC and shopping month MEDIUM TRAFFIC and shopping month LOW TRAFFIC and shopping month

January remains a high-spending month for Russian shoppers, due to the Orthodox

Christmas period.Chinese New Year in 2020 will fall at the end

of January (rather than in February, as in 2019), which implies an increase in spending among Chinese shoppers during this month.

June should be a high-traffic month for Gulf

countries nationalities, as Ramadan ends on 23 May, rather than at the beginning of June as in

2019.

July and August are high-spending months for all our nationalities,

except South East Asian shoppers, for whom it is a more average month. July is the starting month of school

holidays for Chinese, Gulf countries, US and Russian students. In most of these countries, school holidays last

throughout July and August.

Historically April is a high-traffic period for South East Asian

nationalities in Europe.

October is usually a high-spending month for Chinese tourists in

Europe. This peak is due to the Chinese celebrating Golden Week

(1-7 October).

HIGHLIGHTS

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GREATERCHINA

24th- 30thGolden Week

25th Chinese New Year

4th Qing Ming Festival

25th-26thDragon Boat Festival

School holidays from Mid-July

School holidays 1st National Day 2nd-7thGolden Week

GULFCOUNTRIES

1st New Year Day (UAE, Kuwait, Qatar)

25th & 26thNational Day (Kuwait) Liberation Day (Kuwait)

11thBank holiday (Qatar)

23rd Start of Ramadan

23rdEnd of Ramadan

24th to 26thEid-al-Fitr Holiday

July 30th-Aug 2nd Eid al-Adha holiday (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait)

20th Islamic New Year

23rdNational Day (Saudi Arabia)

2ndNational day (UAE) 18thNational Day(Qatar)

RUSSIA 1st-8th New Year Holiday Week

7thOrthodox Christmas Day

21st-29th Spring break

1stSpring and Labour day

9th Victory Day

19thStart school holidays

1stEnd of school holidays

4thUnity Day 5thUnity day observed

USA 1stNew Year

20thMartin Luther King Day

17thPresidents’ Day

25th Memorial Day

4thIndependence Day

7thLabour Day

11th Veterans Day 26thThanksgiving

25th Christmas Day

SOUTHEASTASIA

1stNew Year

25th - 30th Chinese New Year Holidays

10thGood Friday (Indonesia)

13th-15th Songkran festival (Thailand)

14th-17thNew Year (Cambodia)

30thReunification Day Holiday (Vietnam)

23rd Start of Ramadan

1st Labour day 7thVesak Day (Malaysia, Singapore) 10th-15thKing Norodom Sihamoni’s birthday (Cambodia)

23rdEnd of Ramadan

25th-26thDragon Boat Festival

5th-6th Asalha Bucha(Thailand)

31stHari Raya Haji (Malaysia, Singapore)

10thNational Day(Singapore)

20thIslamic New Year (Indonesia)

2ndNational Day(Vietnam)

16th-18th Pchum Ben(Cambodia)

30th Bon Om Touk (Cambodia)

1st-2ndBon Om Touk (Cambodia)

9thIndependence Day (Cambodia)

25th Christmas Day

31stNational Day