Tax-free payments specialist Planet said ATV was up as much as 10% year-on-year last month, although total tax-free sales to international shoppers rose by only 1%. Despite December’s 1% tax-free sales rise being unimpressive in ‘normal’ circumstances, we don’t live in normal times and it was easily ahead of the flat UK retail sales that the British Retail Consortium recorded for the festive period. 

But the much lower sales rise compared to accelerating ATVs suggests lower visitor numbers overall and added weight to tax-free industry calls for the UK government to work harder to attract tourists and to make it easier for them to spend tax-free while in the countryคำพูดจาก สล…