Shopping Overview In Malaysia

Malaysia is described in many travel guides as a 'shopper’s paradise’- and this is true to some extent, because you can get virtually anything under the sun, at very competitive prices and often duty free too. Large cities like Kuala Lumpur have huge department stores where international brands- including designer labels- are readily available. There is also no end to the smaller shops, art galleries and emporia where you can buy traditional Malaysian handicrafts.

Another interesting feature of Malaysian cities are the 'pasar malam’ (night markets) set up by vendors who move their caravan-like stalls from place to place; here, as in other 'tamus’ (town markets in Sabah) or 'Sunday markets’, there are invariably large crowds, and a lot of bargaining.