The Caribbean’s 10 Best Duty-Free Shopping Destinations

By: - September 5th, 2013
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Curacao

Downtown Willemstad is a duty-free hub; the Harbour Duty Free Zone is actually the largest duty-free area in the Caribbean, with 57 acres of shopping nirvana.


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