'Tourist tax' set to hit total spend during Chinese New Year celebrations in London

Dee Corsi, who leads business lobby group New West End Company said: "Historically, Lunar New Year has been a significant day for retailers in the West End to court international visitors, with spend on this day in 2019 almost doubling. With Chinese visitors now coming back in numbers, following the lifting of restrictions on group travel last number, this will be the first truly ‘post-pandemic’ Lunar New Year in the West End, and our retailers will be pulling out all the stops to drive a similar uplift in spend."