摘要：Shopping became nowadays a leisure-connected activity, transforming from a primary necessity into a self-identity statement and a social barometer. Cross-border shopping is a unique type of shopping that consists in people travelling beyond the boundaries of their country, with the precise purpose of acquiring goods for personal use on the other side of the border. The following paper brings into debate the cross-border shopping tourism activities developing at eastern external borders of European Union. Ukrainians cross-borders shoppers, once regular customers in Lublin and Suceava, mainly dues to borders trade, now focus their visit on more personal trips. Their presence is minimal in both Lublin and Suceava, however the Polish city benefits from a higher number of Ukrainian cross border shopping tourists than the Romanian one.
