Visitors were attracted by a cheap pound, which has persisted following last year's EU referendum. :
Visitors were attracted by a cheap pound, which has persisted following last year's EU referendum Chinese tourists splashed out £29m in shopping centres and on high streets across the UK during this month’s Golden Week holiday, lured by a cheap pound in the aftermath of last year’s Brexit vote. New research from payments processor Worldpay, which analysed card transactions during the Golden Week holiday that lasted from 1 to 8 October, found that £11m was spent in London alone.