Shopping in Jamaica can be great fun with a plethora of plush shopping malls as well as street markets. It is definitely one of the popular things to do for tourists irrespective of age and gender. Because of the world class shopping plazas in Kingston and Ocho Rios Shopping in Jamaica has become an integral part of your most desired Jamaica Tours. Exquisite handicrafts and artifacts made of sea shells and corals are the popular buys for tourists in Jamaica.
Locally-made items and handicrafts are very popular with tourists visiting the island. If you know the art of bargaining then you can have the best deal while Shopping in Jamaica. Local vendors sell wide variety of artifacts, fabrics, fancy items, knick-knacks and many more. You can shop for local crafts items including woodcarvings, oil paintings, hand-loomed fabrics, embroidery, silk screening, woven straw items and sandal making.
From In-Craft workshop you can buy custom-made rugs and reproductions of metal ware and china from the 17th-century ruins of the ancient submerged city of Port Royal. For local made furnishings and decorative items visit Highgate Village in the mountains. Here you will find a workshop which specializes in floor mats, wicker works, wood furniture and other tropical furnishings.
Jamaica Shopping is incomplete without a bottle of Jamaican rum. Jamaican rums such as Rumona and Ian Sangsters Rum Cream can be unique gifts for your loved ones back home. Tinned Jamaican foods and local specialties such as jams, pepper jellies and spices can be purchased as well. If you are a connoisseur of high-quality woven crafts you should pay a visit to Montego Bay's Craft Market. Small shops along street sides can also have good collection. Accessories like purses, hats, baskets and various finely handcrafted items are available in varied colors in Jamaica.
Some of the well known Jamaica Shopping Centers are :
Coronation Market, Kingston
Brownstown Market, St Anne
Linstead Market, St Catherine
Albert George Market, Falmouth
Savanna-la-mar Market, Westmoreland
A special facility for Shopping in Jamaica is ‘in-bond’ shopping. In-bond shopping allows tourists purchasing a range of international goods free of tax or duty at very affordable prices. These goods remain sealed (hence the word ‘bond’). Because goods are tax or duty free, these can only be opened once you cross the Jamaican border. With wide range of tax and duty free items Jamaica is truly a shoppers' paradise. A wide variety of products and price range have made Shopping in Jamaica an attraction itself.
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