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City Guide - New Orleans - Shopping | ||
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Shopping The French Quarter is one of the main shopping areas, with plenty of unique craft shops, galleries and other stores. The Central Business District (CBD) and Uptown are also good shopping centres. Lots of the souvenirs are based around the city's unique Mardi Gras, with masks, costumes, dolls, photos, paintings and other artefacts. Voodoo items also make rather unusual gifts. For more tasteful items, there are the many antique shops on Royal and Magazine Streets. Jackson Brewery - Millhouse is a large mall on the waterfront in the French Quarter. Other shopping centres include Riverwalk Marketplace, The Esplanade, New Orleans Shopping Center, Bank One Center and Lakeside Shopping Center. Tax-free shopping is available at the Tanger Outlet Center and Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Center. New Orleans' sales tax is 10%. The state sales tax is only 9% and refunds for that percentage of the price of goods purchased in tax-free stores are available to overseas visitors at the international airport's LTFS (Louisiana Tax-Free Shopping) Refund Centre. The LTFS voucher and the sales receipt from the store are required, as well as passport and international air ticket. Refunds under US$500 are paid in cash, otherwise a cheque will be put in the post. |