Until August of this year, spending by foreign tourists on the digital payment gateway in Peru rose 9% compared to the same period in 2022, Niubiz reported. Total digital transactions grew 13%, they add.
To detail, The use of bank cards and electronic commerce in inbound tourism is higher in air transport (44%) and food (24%), always compared to the previous yearalthough the levels of 2019 have already been exceeded, which reflects a change in the behavior of this consumer.
Emigdio Campos, Business Analytics manager at Niubiz, details that national businesses are favored with digital payments considering the onslaught of the pandemic.
At its discretion, when a tourist makes a payment with a bank card, whether debit or credit, the business can offer them the possibility of having their payments made in their currency at a preferential exchange rate, which is called dynamic currency conversion. currency or DCC (for its acronym in English).
“In this scheme, The business also receives a benefit on that payment, which in our case is 1.25% that is added to its income, which is a great incentive for the use of digital payment methods to continue growing.“he added.
Foreigners spend more on digital channels for airlines (21.3%), food (17.9%), hotels (6.8%) and travel agencies (4.8%); and 44.7% of the total from January to August was occupied by travelers from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. We also have the Latin American visitor (17%) and the European (12.5%).
Source: Larepublica
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