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Nurses, seamen RP big spenders

October 23, 2007

Nurses and seafarers are the biggest spenders among Filipino workers abroad, Duty Free Philippines (DFP) revealed. DFP marketing chief Lui Ferrer said nurses and seafarers spend as much as $5,000 in a single shopping spree upon arrival from abroad.

Vacationing Filipino workers from abroad spend an average of $300 to as much as $4,500 when buying gifts for their loved ones, Ferrer said. Nurses and seafarers shell out even bigger than other OFWs, according to Ferrer. OFWs really dont care how much they will spend for the gifts, Ferrer added. A majority of the clients or shoppers of Duty Free are OFWs and Balikbayans from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, the Middle East and Europe. Ferrer said DFP will soon offer a discount rate for the OFWs so they could buy more products for their hard earned money.

We are now in the process of categorizing the OFWs from nurses, seafarers, entertainers, etc, and from there, Duty Free will come up with the discounts for each sector,” Ferrer said. DFP hopes to implement the new discount scheme in time for the holiday season where an increase in OFW arrival is likely.

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