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Hungarian envoy: Baku Shopping Festival well organized, colorful, funny

28 April 2017 17:00 (UTC+04:00)
Hungarian envoy: Baku Shopping Festival well organized, colorful, funny

By Amina Nazarli

Hungary’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Imre Laszloczki appreciated the Baku Shopping Festival running in the Azerbaijani capital.

In his interview posted on the official website of the Festival (www.bakushopfest.com) Laszloczki said that the event is very well organized, adding that it is colorful and funny, with an interesting program.

The diplomat added that every year more tourists come from Hungary to Azerbaijan to attend various events, including the shopping festival.

The Baku Shopping Festival started April 10 and will last until May 10. The shopping festival is being held with organizational support of the Azerbaijan Convention Bureau under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The Shopping Festivals are being promoted as tourism products worldwide, thus attracting large number of tourists to the country. Recent years have seen the shopping gaining greater significance in tourism, given its contribution to the retail and tourism sectors of a destination.

During the Festival, which includes shopping, entertainment, fashion and culture, many city malls offer special discounts, Tax Free, and temporary pop-up shops present a broad range of Azerbaijani and foreign brands.

Facilities that have joined the VAT refund system have special stickers entitled “Baku Shopping Festival - Tax Free.” VAT is refunded only to those buyers, who purchased the goods at the facilities with such a sticker.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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