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DFNI Data: Self-consumption, not gift-giving, is the key to UK travel spendDFNI Data: Self-consumption, not gift-giving, is the key to UK travel spend
1-Jul-2004
In the second article of our monthly series investigating purchasing habits and motivations among key consumer groups in travel-retail, DFNI and RFH Consumer Insight analyse UK travellers' spending habits. It seems that the British are a nation of self-purchasers, for whom gift-giving from travel-retail is relatively uncommon.
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What proportion of travellers count shopping as a key activity when they travel overseas? And how many of those who intend to shop actually buy something? Crucially, what motivates them
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