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Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
France’s luxury travel and hospitality industry was firmly on the path to recovery in 2023, with another year of very strong growth seen in this year. However, given this category lost almost three quarters of its sales in 2020, when the pandemic…
Following the loss of inbound arrivals due to restrictions on travel during the pandemic, tourist visitor levels in Germany were continuing to recover in 2023, despite global macroeconomic pressures such as high inflation and the rapid escalation of…
Tourist visitor levels in Italy were seen to recover in 2023, despite global macroeconomic pressures such as high inflation and the rapid escalation of living costs. This is an improvement on previous years when the pandemic was preventing people…
Tourism levels in Spain showed signs of recovery in 2023, despite the macroeconomic backdrop of high inflation and rising food and fuel costs triggered by the war in Ukraine. This represents an improvement on 2021 and 2022, when restrictions related…
Despite macroeconomic adversity on a global scale, tourism in 2023 was on the rise, with a growing number of visitors taking their holidays in Sweden. The number of foreign tourists in Sweden increased significantly in spring. In the big cities, it…
Tourist visitor levels in Switzerland recovered in 2023, despite global macroeconomic pressures such as high inflation and the rapid escalation of living costs. This is an improvement on previous years when the pandemic prevented people from…
Tourist visitor levels in the Netherlands recovered in 2023, despite global macroeconomic pressures, such as high inflation and the rapid escalation of living costs. This represents an improvement on 2021 and 2022, when restrictions related to…
Tourist visitor levels in the UK were seen to recover in 2023, despite global macroeconomic pressures such as high inflation and the rapid escalation of living costs. This was an improvement on previous years, when the pandemic prevented people from…
Tourist visitor levels in Turkey were seen to recover in 2023, despite global macroeconomic pressures such as high inflation and the rapid escalation of living costs. This represented an improvement on 2021 and 2022, when restrictions related to the…
Fine wines/champagne and spirits recorded one of its best value growth rates in a number of years in 2023. Even if, post-pandemic, timetables are structurally less rigid and stable, and meals are more unstructured, fine still wines have returned to…
Sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits in Germany have been on something of a mini rollercoaster since the pandemic hit the country in 2020. Prior to this year, sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits had been steadily growing by around 2-3% a…
Value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits are set to grow by 12% in current terms to total EUR1.3 billion in 2023, boosted by consumers’ appetite for experiences and enjoyment after the pandemic. Entertaining and socialising with friends is a…
Retail current value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits grew by 8% in 2023 to total EUR654 million, as a result of a consumer desire to indulge themselves after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Socialising (at home as well as in the…
Retail current value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits grew by 19% in 2023 to total SEK2.6 billion, boosted by consumers’ desire to enjoy themselves after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Socialising is a priority for many consumers,…
Value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits grew by 13% to reach CHF789 million in 2023, as a result of consumer desire to make the most of their lives after being restricted by the pandemic. Entertaining and socialising with friends became a…
Retail current value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits grew by 10% to total EUR450 million in 2023, boosted by consumers’ desire to enjoy themselves after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Enjoying a drink with a meal at home or when…
Value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits grew by 8% to total GBP3.0 billion in the UK in 2023, as a result of a consumers’ desire to make the most of their time after the pandemic. Enjoying a drink with friends is considered a priority leisure…
Value sales of fine wines/champagne and spirits grew by 85% to total TRY3.5 billion in 2023, boosted by consumers’ appetite for experiences and enjoyment after the pandemic. Socialising is a priority pastime for many consumers, following on from the…
Retail sales of luxury goods in France increased by 8% in current value terms to reach EUR37.6 billion in 2023. This represented the third consecutive year of positive growth following the decline seen in 2020, when the pandemic hit the country.…
Retail sales of luxury goods in Germany increased by 2% in current value terms to reach EUR62.5 billion in 2023. Luxury goods had seen two years of declining sales in 2020 and 2021, with its performance heavily impacted by the various measures put in…