A SHOPPERS AND TOURISTS HAVEN

With its duty-free shops, local markets known as souks and shopping malls, Dubai is a shopper’s haven. It is home to the third largest shopping mall in the world-the Mall of Emirates. From designer goods to gold to spices to silks and other textiles to cheap electronics to Persian rugs to precious stones, you will find it all in Dubai. Get ready to haggle if you are going shopping in the souks, so sharpen your negotiation skills. Don’t be afraid to negotiate a low price and if you are not satisfied feel free to take a walk. In the gold souk you will find all manner of beautifully crafted gold items and jewellery at great prices. Gold items in the gold souk are sold according to weight.

The perfume souk is home to thousands of fragrances, though their fragrances are stronger than western perfumes. Spices are available at cheap prices at the spice souk- frankincense, incense, cinnamon, cloves among other Middle Eastern seasonings, dried fruits and nuts. Some people prefer the comfort of the air-conditioned and glamorous malls for their shopping. The Dubai International Airport is not left out; the shops there stock duty-free goods. However and wherever you shop it is tax free. With all these, it is not surprising that every year Dubai holds a shopping festival known as the Dubai Shopping Festival. The festival holds in January and February and during this period the malls and the souks give incredible promos, discounts and bargains to shoppers. You may want to look for cheap flights to Dubai so you can reserve more money to shop when you get to Dubai. Searching for cheap flights to Dubai is now easier to do thanks to the Internet.