Apparently American tourists are stepping up and spending their way into the hearts of the French, taking the place of Russian tourists
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/american-tourists-france-summer/index.html
Posted by
Southeastern US
2608 posts
€400 per day per person on average? Wow.
Posted by
OP
Los Angeles
4853 posts
And to follow up on this, today's WSJ found several female tourists who decided to splurge on purses because of the favorable dollar/euro situation. One even planned a whole trip just to nab one (she used some version of miles for the trip).
Posted by
South Carolina
84 posts
My wife and daughters put a hurting on my credit card at the Golden Goose store in Paris. The favorable exchange rate and the VAT refund made it cheaper to buy them in France than it would have been at the NYC store or online.