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Fashion buyer Xia Yae buys clothes in Bicester Village , Selfridges and Harrods, the exit for customers in South Korea

On a rainy weekday morning, the luxury shopping outlet Maasmechelen Village feel.

During the February voice is usually a quiet Time for the Oxfordshire retail village, an employee of the BBC, said visitor numbers were much lower than usual.

Cut-price handbags and coats attract thousands of Chinese tourists to the retail trade every Year .

and this has its toll on the most popular Travel .

'Tough Times for retailers,'

Eager buyers, many of them from Asia and the Middle East , wearing face masks and hand sanitizer to apply on Thursday morning, a train.

Mixed with commuters, some Snacks, pastries, and wear Oxford-Street-brands-carry bags.

But the fashion buyer Xia Yae says that she has noticed "much less people" on the way to the retail village in The Last Two Weeks .

the purchase of designer items for the South Korean customers of brands such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Burberry, Xia says that Bicester retailers have a "hard Time ".

a Few buyers your way around the pastel, wood, panel shops

"in General, fashion buyers would be restricted, how many discounted items you can buy. But now, you are to buy permits, as many as you want - the retailers need to earn significantly more money," she adds.

More Than seven million people visited Maasmechelen Village is set in the Year 2019, It was established in the Year 1995 by an American, Scott Malkin,

The Hwang family are to visit in Bicester , as part of their week-long holiday to London

Host greeting

The daughter says that The Family is "not concerned" about the Corona Virus outbreak.

are you Looking Forward to searching through the discounted items in Burberry. To claim back the 20% VAT for non-EU visitors is also an advantage.

Wearing traditional red uniforms to Greet similar to those of the bellboy, Bicester Village , "host" you when you arrive and help other tourists to buy tickets for the trip.

Bicester Village host Jefferson helps tourists Travel in the luxury shopping destination of London Marylebone

announcements in Mandarin and Arabic are on the tannoy as The Train pulls in. Tourists make their way through a neon walkway and over to a empty Parking lot, to the 160 business locally.

a Few buyers stroll along the artificial roads, between the pastel-coloured facades.

Quietly Two Weeks

A saleswoman in a shop says, they were "concerned" about how Maas instructed to Mechelen Village is based on tourism.

More Than 72% of Chinese visitors to the UK go shopping during their trips, according to the research by VisitBritain.

on the whole, it says 415,000 visits from China to the UK in the 12 months to September 2019, the tourism body.

employees say Chinese tourists are the largest group for the luxury shop.

they add that in The Last Two Weeks , the "soft", the evaluation of the industry has seen a decline of about 85% of The Number of Chinese customers in the store. were

you say: "It's a double whammy. Storm Ciara also meant a lot of trains and carriages from London were cancelled. It is really scary. "

a Further Sales consultant at High Fashion label Balenciaga says last week was "very quiet" in The Shop .

Many of the people, the BBC asked to be not called, since you do not have permission to speak to The Press .

sellers Balenciaga said the tourists, in the week to buy bigger-ticket items, the British Shopper

he says he uses hand sanitizer every Five Minutes . Stations are located on the back of the store for employees, away from the customers.

In several shops, retail assistant, majority of the customers. They are pushing for the chats in the vicinity of The Doors of Givenchy, Diesel and Karl Lagerfeld .

Four employees of Burberry surgical masks to wear, and say the BBC, you have not pointed out "to speak to journalists".

The Complex is private and the rotational limits to work. The BBC have been asked to speak to the "guests" of the security on The Site .

"Deferred not

Dominic hare, chief executive of the nearby Blenheim Palace , deleted'hopes that any shortcomings will be brought to pay in the visitor finally back in.

He said: "We need to ensure that these visits deferred, not deleted. "

Mr. hare said that in the meantime they were "work hard to attract people-not just in markets, as well as the UK range.

"We are optimistic that we can. from The Local Audience - and this is important, because the employment in the total economy is dependent on us and we rely on you "

now, Maasmechelen Village-buyers seem to be satisfied, as they stroll through the makeshift streets. It is said to Translate to the BBC about Google, that there are fewer people in the fight for a bargain.

The owner of Value Retail has not yet responded to the BBC request for comment.

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Source of news: bbc.com